| Enlightenment and Utility: Bentham in French, Bentham in France Contributor(s): de Champs, Emmanuelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 110709867X ISBN-13: 9781107098671 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Movements - Utilitarianism - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 192 |
| LCCN: 2014048685 |
| Series: Ideas in Context |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 249 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Examining previously unpublished sources, she traces the circulation of Bentham's letters, friends, manuscripts, and books in the French-speaking world.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. |
Contributor Bio(s): de Champs, Emmanuelle: - Emmanuelle de Champs is Professor of British History and Civilisation at Université Cergy-Pontoise (France) and a former student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint Cloud. She is a founding member of the Centre Bentham Ecole de droit de Sciences-Po, Paris, the leading French research centre in utilitarian studies and collaborates with the Bentham Project, University College London, on Bentham's French manuscripts. De Champs has published numerous articles on Bentham and classical utilitarianism, aw well as two monographs: Bentham et la France: fortunes et infortunes de L'utilitarisme (2009) and 'La déontologie politique' ou la pensée constitutionnelle de Jeremy Bentham (2008). She is a member of the Committee, Bentham Project, University College London, and a Board Member for the International Society of Utilitarian Studies. |