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Enlightenment and Utility - Bentham in French, Bentham in France (Paperback)
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Enlightenment and Utility - Bentham in French, Bentham in France (Paperback)
Series: Ideas in Context
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Jeremy Bentham, the founder of classical utilitarianism, was a
seminal figure in the history of modern political thought. This
lively monograph presents the numerous French connections of an
emblematic British thinker. Perhaps more than any other
intellectual of his time, Bentham engaged with contemporary events
and people in France, even writing in French in the 1780s. Placing
Bentham's thought in the context of the French-language
Enlightenment through to the post-Revolutionary era, Emmanuelle de
Champs makes the case for a historical study of 'Global Bentham'.
Examining previously unpublished sources, she traces the
circulation of Bentham's letters, friends, manuscripts, and books
in the French-speaking world. This study in transnational
intellectual history reveals how utilitarianism, as a doctrine, was
both the product of, and a contribution to, French-language
political thought at a key time in European history. The debates
surrounding utilitarianism in France cast new light on the making
of modern Liberalism.
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