2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Montesquieu's 1721 epistolary novel following Persian visitors Rica and Usbek who report their observations of French society — through their 'outsider' perspective exposing French religious intolerance, political absolutism, and social customs as just as irrational as anything in Persia.
Montesquieu's 1748 comparative analysis of laws and governments across cultures — arguing for the separation of powers (executive, legislative, judicial) and that political systems must suit the climate, terrain, and customs of their population — the most influential political text on the American Constitution.