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Benjamin Constant and the Birth of French Liberalism (Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History)

By K. Steven Vincent

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
0230110096, 9780230110090
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3693451 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
Edition
1
Pages
289\289
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Traditional scholarship on French liberalism has frequently proceeded by defining the core issues and telling a story of their emergence and development. This book takes a different approach: rather than beginning with an a priori definition of liberalism, it focuses on the political thought of Benjamin Constant and Germaine de Sta?l, the first figures in France to call their thought “liberal.” In so doing, it 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.

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