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050 00 $aPQ2211.C24$bZ93 2011
082 00 $a320.5/1094409034$222
100 1 $aVincent, K. Steven.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83160319
245 10 $aBenjamin Constant and the birth of French liberalism /$cK. Steven Vincent.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $aviii, 280 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPalgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-272) and index.
505 0 $aBenjamin Constant: the early years (1767-95) -- The emergence of liberalism (1795-97) -- Liberal dilemmas (1797-1802) -- Liberal culture: sensibilité and sociability -- Liberal pluralism and the Napoleonic empire (1802-15) -- Conclusion: "Une philosophie engagée".
520 $a"Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) has come to be recognized, not only as an important novelist, but also as a major theorist of early liberalism. This book provides a densely contextualized intellectual biography of Constant that imbeds his thought in French political developments during the revolutionary era. Vincent argues that Constant's distinctive liberal political stance emerged during the Directory and Consulate, earlier than other scholars have claimed. He also demonstrates that Constant's thought was deeply influenced by traditions of sensibility and pluralism. While political issues are privileged, the personal dimension of Constant's trajectory is not overlooked; indeed, the reader also learns much about Constant's tormented love life and in particular about his important and long relationship with Germaine de Staël"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aConstant, Benjamin,$d1767-1830$xPolitical and social views.
650 0 $aLiberalism$zFrance$xHistory$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009129623
830 0 $aPalgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010058983
852 00 $bglx$hPQ2211.C24$iZ93 2011