Resistance From Within: Power and Defiance in Montesquieu’s

Montesquieu reflects on the intricacies of government, social customs, and identity in his epistolary novel titled Persian Letters (1721). For many of these topics, Montesquieu addresses the themes of power and agency, mainly in the context of despotism as symbolized by a seraglio in the book. This...

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Main Author: Jennifer Epley Sanders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-08-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020951555