LEADER 03995nam 22006012 450 001 996201151003316 005 20151109030844.0 010 $a1-139-80128-7 010 $a1-139-00246-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000820036 035 $a(MH)011961503-7 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000371603 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12108272 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000371603 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413162 035 $a(PQKB)10330107 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139002462 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000820036 100 $a20110114d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to Constant /$fedited by Helena Rosenblatt$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xxix, 416 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to philosophy 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-67243-0 311 $a0-521-85646-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 379-401) and index. 327 $aBenjamin Constant: life and work / Dennis Wood -- Liberalism's lucid illusion / Marcel Gauchet -- The liberty to denounce: ancient and modern / Stephen Holmes -- Constant's idea of modern liberty / Jeremy Jennings -- Benjamin Constant and the terror / Stefano de Luca -- Constant's thought on slavery and empire / Jennifer Pitts -- Benjamin Constant as a second Restoration politician / Robert Alexander -- Constant and women / K. Steven Vincent -- Individualism and individuality in Constant / Gerald Izenberg -- Literature and politics in Constant / Patrick Coleman -- The theory of the perfectibility of the human race / Etienne Hofmann -- Religion according to Constant / Tzvetan Todorov -- Constant on the religious spirit of liberalism / Bryan Garsten -- Constant and religion: "theism descends from heaven to earth" / Laurence Dickey -- Eclipses and revivals: Constant's reception in France and America 1830-2007 / Helena Rosenblatt 330 $aBenjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to better understand this important thinker. Separate sections are devoted to Constant as a political theorist and actor, his work as a social analyst and literary critic, and his accomplishments as a historian of religion. Themes covered range from Constant's views on modern liberty, progress, terror, and individualism, to his ideas on slavery and empire, literature, women, and the nature and importance of religion. The Cambridge Companion to Constant is a convenient and accessible guide to Constant and the most up-to-date scholarship on him. 410 0$aCambridge companions to philosophy. 606 $aIntellectuals$zFrance$vBiography 606 $aLiberalism$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aNovelists, Swiss$y19th century$vBiography 607 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y19th century 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1814-1830 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1789-1815 615 0$aIntellectuals 615 0$aLiberalism$xHistory. 615 0$aNovelists, Swiss 676 $a944'.06'092 702 $aRosenblatt$b Helena$f1961- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996201151003316 996 $aCambridge Companion to Constant$91111481 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress