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Benjamin Constant and the Birth of French Liberalism
Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
ISBN/EAN: 9780230110090
Umbreit-Nr.: 5756322
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: viii, 280 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 12.01.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
- Zusatztext
- This book advances a new interpretation of the timing and character of French (and more broadly European) liberalism, and contributes to the ongoing debate concerning the place of morality, sociability, and conceptions of the "self" in modern liberal thought.
- Kurztext
- MAJOR FIGURE: As one of the reviewers writes, "It is now generally recognized that Constant is a major political thinker of central importance to the liberal tradition in France and that he ranks among the most important of all liberal thinkers"A FIRST: Despite his importance, there is no full intellectual biography of Constant available in EnglishNEW LOOK AT LIBERALISM IN FRANCE: Vincent contends that French liberalism had its roots in the Terror (earlier than most scholars claim), and that in fact it was in important respects socially and economically conservative
- Autorenportrait
- STEVEN VINCENT Professor of History at North Carolina State University, USA.