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This 8 page paper explores politics during the
Age of Enlightenment (the 18th C) which changed the
feudal system of rule to a more centralized
thoughtful government. Montesquieu, Locke, Kant,
and Wollstonecraft are discussed. Bibliography
lists 7 sources.
Page Count:
8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BBenpol.doc
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social consequences as well as economic ones. With the rise of the "mighty machine," people flocked to cities leading to the development of an urban working class that grew
so quickly, social services could not keep up with it. Politics during the Enlightenment changed the feudal system of rule to a more centralized thoughtful government. Most countries were
ruled by a Monarch and his or her family. The Monarch had complete control over his land, people, and family. Montesquieu One of the greatest philosophes. the Baron
de Montesquieu (1689-1755), brilliantly pioneered this approach in The Persian Letters, an extremely influential social satire published in 1721. Montesquieus work consisted of amusing letters supposedly written by Persian travelers
who see European customs in unique ways and thereby cleverly criticize existing practices and beliefs. Having gained fame using wit as
a weapon against cruelty and superstition, Montesquieu settled down on his family estate to study history and politics. His interest was partly personal. for like many members of the high
French nobility, he was dismayed that royal absolutism had triumphed in France under Louis XIV. But Montesquieu was also inspired by the example of the physical sciences. And he set
out to apply the critical method to the problem of government in The Spirit of Laws (1748). The result was a complex comparative study of republics, monarchies, and despotisms -a
great pioneering inquiry in the emerging social sciences. Showing that forms of government were related to history, geography, and customs.
Montesquieu focused on the conditions that would promote liberty and prevent tyranny. He argued that despotism could be avoided if political power were divided and shared by a diversity of
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