{"product_id":"constant-political-writings-paperback-9780521316323","title":"Constant: Political Writings (Paperback) 9780521316323","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConstant: Political Writings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1988 book is an English translation of the major political works of Benjamin Constant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Constant (Author), Biancamaria Fontana (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521316323, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 10 November 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 13.9 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1988 book is an English translation of the major political works of Benjamin Constant, one of the most important of modern French political theorists and writers. A Swiss protestant by birth, Constant was a prominent figure in French political life in the aftermath of the revolution of 1789, and a leading member of the liberal opposition to Napoleon and, subsequently, to the restored Bourbon monarchy. His writings are widely regarded as one of the classical formulations of modern liberal doctrine, and Constant's own closeness to the Anglo-Saxon political tradition renders their translation into English particularly appropriate. The novel Adolphe has hitherto been Constant's only work freely available outside France, emphasising his importance within European Romanticism and his centrality to French literary development in the nineteenth century. This translation of Constant's political writings is replete with full editorial apparatus and bibliographic information that will enable anglophone students of liberal thought to engage at first hand with one of its most durable and influential exponents.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the first edition\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the third edition\u003cbr\u003e Foreword to the fourth edition\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Spirit of Conquest: 1. The virtues compatible with war at given stages of social development\u003cbr\u003e 2. The character of modern nations in relation to war\u003cbr\u003e 3. The spirit of conquest in the present condition of Europe\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of a military race acting on self-interest alone\u003cbr\u003e 5. A further reason for the deterioration of the military class within the system of conquest\u003cbr\u003e 6. The influence of this military spirit upon the internal condition of nations\u003cbr\u003e 7. A further drawback of the formation of this military spirit\u003cbr\u003e 8. The effect of a conquering government upon the mass of the nation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Means of coercion necessary to supplement upon the mass of the nation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Further drawbacks of the system of warfare for enlightenment and the educated class\u003cbr\u003e 11. The point of view from which a conquering nation today would regard its own successes\u003cbr\u003e 12. Effect of these successes upon the conquered peoples\u003cbr\u003e 13. On uniformity\u003cbr\u003e 14. The inevitable end to the successes of a conquering nation\u003cbr\u003e 15. Results of the system of warfare in the present age\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Usurpation: 1. The specific aim of the comparison between usurpation and monarchy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Differences between usurpation and monarchy\u003cbr\u003e 3. One respect in which usurpation is more hateful than absolute despotism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Usurpation cannot survive in this period of our civilisation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Can usurpation not be maintained by force?\u003cbr\u003e 6. The kind of liberty offered to men at the end of the last century\u003cbr\u003e 7. The modern imitators of the republics of antiquity\u003cbr\u003e 8. The means employed to give to the moderns the liberty of the ancients\u003cbr\u003e 9. Does the aversion of the moderns for this pretended liberty imply that they love despotism?\u003cbr\u003e 10. A sophism in favour of arbitrary power excercised by one man\u003cbr\u003e 11. The effects of arbitrary power upon intellectual progress\u003cbr\u003e 12. Religion under arbitrary power\u003cbr\u003e 13. Men's inability to resign themselves voluntarily to arbitrary power in any form\u003cbr\u003e 14. Despotism as a means of preserving usurpation\u003cbr\u003e 15. The effect of illegal and despotism measures on regular governments themselves\u003cbr\u003e 16. Implications of the preceding considerations in relation to despotism\u003cbr\u003e 17. Causes which make despotism particularly impossible at this age of our civilisation\u003cbr\u003e 18. As usurpation cannot be maintained through despotism, since in our days despotism itself cannot last, usurpation has no chance of enduring\u003cbr\u003e Additions to The spirit of conquest and usurpation\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000932094232,"sku":"9780521316323","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521316323i_4a9996b0-864f-4239-be41-92f98eb1ec38.jpg?v=1691375117","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/constant-political-writings-paperback-9780521316323","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}