(H/B) DISCOURSE ON VOLUNTARY SERVITUDE

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Translated by James B. Atkinson & David Sices
Introduction and Notes by James B. Atkinson

"An excellent translation: clear, crisp and accurate. The introduction is also a helpful contextualization of the text, Boetie's relation to Montaigne, and a brief discussion of the history of this important text on non-cooperation in the 20th-Century. I highly recommend it for courses in the history of political theory and of non-cooperation as a means of regime change." (James Tully, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria)
"A powerful rendition of La Boetie's "soldierly prose" (as Montaigne would have it)... With this unassuming book, the authors have not only offered a solid introduction to Etienne de La Boetie and his legacy, but also passed on to us a "living document" (Harry Kurz) which may yet find resonance in our own troubled times." (Jeremie Korta, Harvard University, in Sixteenth Century Journal)
"An elegant English version of La Boetie's Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, which is both a key to understanding much of Montaigne and a major piece of early modern political thought." (Timothy Hampton, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley)
"The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude merits a more prominent place in scholarly accounts of the development of political philosophy, and in intellectual-historical accounts of the genealogy of sovereignty through the medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment periods. The scholars responsible for this edition have done a service to anyone interested in these vital topics. Atkinson's Introduction brings La Boetie out of the shadow of Montaigne." -Timothy A. Turner, Department of English, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee (adapted from Comitatus)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction
La Boetie: An emerging portrait
Montaigne limns la Boetie's portrait
The discourse on voluntary servitude: a portrait without a frame
The discourse on voluntary servitude in its sixteenth-century frame
The discourse on voluntary servitude's portrait as seen through several eyes
Conclusion
A note on the text
Etienne de la Boetie, Discourse on voluntary servitude
Suggestions for further reading
Index of names