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French political thought from Montesquieu to Tocqueville : liberty in a levelled society? /

Annelien de Dijn argues that Montesquieu's aristocratic liberalism has had a continued impact on post-revolutionary France. Highlighting the persistence of a pluralist liberalism that was rooted in the old regime, de Dijn provides a new context in which to read the works of Montesquieu and Alex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dijn, Annelien de, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Colección:Ideas in context ; 89.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Political thought in eighteenth-century France: the invention of aristocratic liberalism 11
  • 2 Liberty and inequality: the royalist discourse 40
  • 3 A society of equals: the liberal response 68
  • 4 Liberty in a levelled society: Charles Dunoyer, Benjamin Constant, and Prosper de Barante 89
  • 5 The new aristocracy: a theme in Restoration liberalism 111
  • 6 The danger of democracy: Orleanist liberalism and Alexis de Tocqueville 129
  • 7 The French predicament: aristocratic liberalism in the Second Empire 155.