Benjamin Constant's Philosophy of Liberalism: A Study in Politics and Religion - Hardcover

Dodge, Guy H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807814334 ISBN 13: 9780807814338

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1980

Synopsis

This first work in English to focus on Constant as a political theorist shows that his thinking was molded by the French Revolution of 1789 and by Napoleon's regime. Constant is identified as the first to recognize Bonapartism as a new form of despotism, arising from the theory of popular sovereignty, which is still the basis for modern Fascist and Communist regimes. His political thought is analyzed within the framework of his philosophy of history, law, ethics, and religion.

Originally published in 1980.

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Review

Dodge's scholarship and powers of exposition are excellent.--<i>Social Science Quarterly.</i>|""An admirable introduction to a neglected but interesting system of early nineteenth-century political liberalism.""--<i>American Historical Review</i>

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807814334
• ISBN 13: 9780807814338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206