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Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion (Ideas in Context)

By Helena Rosenblatt

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0521898250, 9780521898256, 9780511438387
LCC
BL80.3 .R67 2008
Open Library ID
OL16839738M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1401039 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
296\300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Professor Rosenblatt presents a study of Benjamin Constant's intellectual development into a founding father of modern liberalism, through a careful analysis of his evolving views on religion. Constant's life spanned the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise and rule, and the Bourbon Restoration. Rosenblatt analyzes Constant's key role in many of this era's heated debates over the role of religion in politics, and in doing so, exposes and addresses many misconceptions that have long reigned about Constant and his period. In particular, Rosenblatt sheds light on Constant's major, yet much-neglected work, De La Religion. Given that the role of religion is, once again, center-stage in our political, philosophical and historical arenas, Liberal Values, originally published in 2008, constituted a major revision of our understanding of the origins of modern liberalism.

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