Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu
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John Waggoner's superb translation of and commentary on Joly's Dialogue—the first faithful translation in English—seeks not only to update the sordid legacy of the The Protocols of the Elders of Zion but to redeem Joly's original work for serious study in its own right, rather than through the lens of antisemitism. Waggoner's work vindicates a man who was neither an antisemite nor a supporter of the kind of tyrannical politics the Protocols subsequently served, and presents Maurice Joly, once much maligned and too long ignored, as one of the nineteenth century's foremost political thinkers.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTranslationTitle Page3A Short Introductory Statement5Text of the Dialogue7CommentaryThe Machiavelli-Montesquieu DebateCh. 1The Essential Differences between Machiavelli and Montesquieu155Ch. 2An Elaboration of the Respective Political Teachings175The New Machiavellian FoundingCh. 3The Political Revolution I195Ch. 4The Political Revolution II215Ch. 5The Economic Revolution233Ch. 6The Moral Revolution253The Saint-Simonian Elements in the New Modes and OrdersCh. 7The Saint-Simonian Historical Element267Ch. 8The Saint-Simonian Religious Element279The Drama of the DialogueCh. 9The Portrait of Machiavelli293The Dialogue and HistoryCh. 10Solving the Enigma of Louis Napoleon325Ch. 11The Protocols of the Elders of Zion357AppMacaulay's Machiavelli371Bibliography379Index to Dialogue in Hell383Index to Commentary387About the Author395
