| The Cambridge Companion to Constant Contributor(s): Rosenblatt, Helena (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521672430 ISBN-13: 9780521672436 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: The Cambridge Companion to Constant is a convenient and accessible guide to Constant and the most up-to-date scholarship on him. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008044606 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosenblatt, Helena: - Helena Rosenblatt is Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. 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. |