Discourses on Livy
Niccolò Machiavelli · Renaissance · Political philosophy
Subject guide
Institutions
Explore 36 works associated with Institutions in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay · Enlightenment / Founding · Political thought
A Theory of Justice
John Rawls · Contemporary · Political philosophy
The Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus · Renaissance · Satire
Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais · Renaissance · Satirical fiction
Persian Letters
Montesquieu · Enlightenment · Political philosophy
The Spirit of the Laws
Montesquieu · Enlightenment · Political philosophy
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens · Victorian · Novel
Bleak House
Charles Dickens · Victorian · Novel
Hard Times
Charles Dickens · Victorian · Novel
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens · Victorian · Novel
The Old Regime and the Revolution
Alexis de Tocqueville · 19th Century · History / political thought
Barchester Towers
Anthony Trollope · Victorian · Novel
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens · Victorian · Novel
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens · Victorian · Novel
The Way We Live Now
Anthony Trollope · Victorian · Novel
The Prime Minister
Anthony Trollope · Victorian · Novel
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw · Modern · Drama
Major Barbara
George Bernard Shaw · Modern · Drama
Penguin Island
Anatole France · 19th / 20th Century · Novel / satire
The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · 19th / 20th Century · Novel / satire
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw · Modern · Drama
Saint Joan
George Bernard Shaw · Modern · Drama
Madness and Civilization
Michel Foucault · Contemporary · Philosophy / history
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ken Kesey · Postwar · Novel
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré · Contemporary · Spy fiction
The Order of Things
Michel Foucault · Contemporary · Philosophy / history
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré · Contemporary · Spy fiction
Discipline and Punish
Michel Foucault · Contemporary · Philosophy / history
Correction
Thomas Bernhard · Contemporary · Novel / drama
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1
Michel Foucault · Contemporary · Philosophy / history
Woodcutters
Thomas Bernhard · Contemporary · Novel / drama
A Perfect Spy
John le Carré · Contemporary · Spy fiction
Political Liberalism
John Rawls · Contemporary · Political philosophy
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead · Contemporary · Novel
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead · Contemporary · Novel