French Political Thought From Montesquieu to Tocqueville - Liberty in a Levelled Society?

Informationen zum Autor Annelien de Dijn is a postdoctoral researcher in the History Department of the University of Leuven. Klappentext A major contribution to the understanding of one of the most important strands of modern political thought. Zusammenfassung This study makes a major contribution to our understanding of one of the most important strands of modern political thought. Dr de Dijn provides a new context for the thought of Tocqueville! depicted as the heir not just of Restoration liberals! but also of the Royalists and their hero Montesquieu. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Political thought in eighteenth century France: the invention of aristocratic liberalism; 2. Liberty and inequality: the Royalist discourse; 3. A society of equals: the liberal response; 4. Liberty in a levelled society: Charles Dunoyer, Benjamin Constant, and Prosper de Barante; 5. The new aristocracy: a theme in Restoration liberalism; 6. The danger of democracy: Orleanist liberalism and Alexis de Tocqueville; 7. The French predicament: aristocratic liberalism in the second empire; Epilogue; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Annelien De Dijn, Annelien De Dijn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.02.2008
• EAN: 9780521877886
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87788-6
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education