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Benjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to better understand this important thinker. Separate sections are devoted to Constant as a political theorist and actor, his work as a social analyst and literary critic, and his accomplishments as a historian of religion. Themes covered range from Constant's views on modern liberty, progress, terror, and individualism, to his ideas on slavery and empire, literature, women, and the nature and importance of religion. The Cambridge Companion to Constant is a convenient and accessible guide to Constant and the most up-to-date scholarship on him.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: 1. Benjamin Constant: life and work Dennis Wood; Part I. The Political Thinker and Actor: 2. Liberalism's lucid illusion Marcel Gauchet; 3. The liberty to denounce: ancient and modern Stephen Holmes; 4. Constant's idea of modern liberty Jeremy Jennings; 5. Benjamin Constant and the terror Stefano de Luca; 6. Constant's thought on slavery and empire Jennifer Pitts; 7. Constant as a second restoration politician Robert Alexander; Part II. The Psychologist and Critic: 8. Constant and women K. Steven Vincent; 9. Individualism and individuality in Constant Gerald Izenberg; 10. Literature and politics in Constant Patrick Coleman; 11. Constant's theory of the perfectibility of the human race Etienne Hofmann; Part III. The Analyst and Historian of Religion: 12. Religion according to Constant Tzvetan Todorov; 13. Constant on the religious spirit of liberalism Bryan Garsten; 14. Constant on religion: 'theism descends from heaven to earth' Laurence Dickey; Conclusion: 15. Eclipses and revivals: Constant's reception in France and America (1830–2007) Helena Rosenblatt.

About the Author :
Helena Rosenblatt is Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She received her MA and PhD from Columbia University. She is the author of Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to the Social Contract 1749-1762 and Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion. She has written numerous articles for journals such as Modern Intellectual History, French Historical Studies, History of European Ideas, French Politics, Society and Culture, and Daedalus. A member of the editorial board of Modern Intellectual History, she has also been a Fellow at the National Humanities Center.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780521672436
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 450
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
  • Weight: 600 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0521672430
  • Publisher Date: 13 Apr 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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