{"product_id":"freedom-over-servitude-david-lewis-schaefer-9780313305276","title":"Freedom Over Servitude: Montaigne, La Boetie, and on Voluntary Servitude","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains five articles by prominent scholars of French literature and political philosophy that examine the relation between Montaigne's \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the classic works of the French philosophical and literary traditions, and the writings attributed by Montaigne to his friend, the French humanist Etienne de La Bo騁ie's. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree contributors to the volume suggest that Montaigne was the real author of the revolutionary tract \u003ci\u003eOn Voluntary Servitude\u003c\/i\u003e, along with the other works he attributed to La Bo騁ie's. Two contributors describe the remarkable mathematical and\/or mythological patterns found in both the \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e and the works ascribed to La Bo騁ie's. Several essays articulate the revolutionary political teaching found in the \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eOn Voluntary Servitude\u003c\/i\u003e, challenging the conventional view of Montaigne as a political conservative. And all the contributors challenge the received view that he was an artless or nonchalant writer. The volume also includes new translations of both \u003ci\u003eOn Voluntary Servitude\u003c\/i\u003e and the 29 Sonnets of Etienne de La Boetie that Montaigne included in all editions of the \u003ci\u003eEssays\u003c\/i\u003e except the final one. An important work for students and scholars of political philosophy, Renaissance history, and French and comparative literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Lewis Schaefer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313305277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313305276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"David Lewis Schaefer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119571398911,"sku":"9780313305276","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5d6fb9a-8b10-4a70-856b-b73d0e124820.jpg?v=1687409972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freedom-over-servitude-david-lewis-schaefer-9780313305276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}