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Benjamin Constant and the Birth of French Liberalism (Hardcover)
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Benjamin Constant and the Birth of French Liberalism (Hardcover)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History
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"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
Sta'el"--
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