{"product_id":"elie-halevy-republican-liberalism-confronts-the-era-of-tyranny-hardback-9780812252033","title":"Élie Halévy; Republican Liberalism Confronts the Era of Tyranny (Hardback) 9780812252033","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eÉlie Halévy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRepublican Liberalism Confronts the Era of Tyranny\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eK. Steven Vincent (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812252033\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 June 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 7 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.696 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[An] outstanding achievement...[Vincent's book] will now be a key point of departure for anyone who wants to understand the intellectual culture of French liberalism in the Third Republic and, indeed, for anyone in search of the roots of the liberal revival initiated by Halévy's friend and disciple Raymond Aron.\" (Journal of Modern History) \"Incorporating cutting-edge scholarship to produce sophisticated and balanced analytical summaries of Élie Halévy's work, K. Steven Vincent has written a masterful intellectual biography that should appeal to historians, political theorists, and philosophers alike.\" (Helena Rosenblatt, Graduate Center-CUNY) \"K. Steven Vincent excels at intellectual biography and, in this latest book, deploys all available sources to get at the roots and substance of Élie Halévy's thinking. The result is a deftly organized, lucidly written, comprehensive, and meticulous exposition of Halévy's considerable and varied opus that successfully captures his complexity and depth.\" (Susan Ashley, Colorado College)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intellectual biography of the renowned and influential observer of the \"era of tyrannies\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp;Eacute;lie HalÉvy (1870-1937) was one of the most respected and influential intellectuals of the French Third Republic. In this densely contextualized biography, K. Steven Vincent describes how HalÉvy, best remembered as the historian of British Utilitarianism and nineteenth-century English history, was also a persistent, acute, and increasingly anxious observer of society in a period defined by industrialization and imperialism and by what HalÉvy famously called the \"era of tyrannies.\"\u003cbr\u003e Vincent distinguishes three broad phases in the development of HalÉvy's thought. In the first, HalÉvy brought his version of neo-Kantianism to debates with sociologists and philosophers and to his study of English Utilitarianism. He forged ties with Xavier LÉon, LÉon Brunschvicg, and Alain (\u0026amp;Eacute;mile-Auguste Chartier), life-long intellectual interlocutors. Together they founded the \u003ci\u003eRevue de mÉtaphysique et de morale\u003c\/i\u003e, a continuing venue for HalÉvy's reflections. The Dreyfus Affair, Vincent argues, caused HalÉvy to shift his focus from philosophy to history and from metaphysics to politics. He became a philosopher-historian, less interested in abstract neo-Kantianism and more in real-world action, less given to rarified debates over truth and more to investigation of how theories and their applications were situated within broader political, economic, and cultural movements. World War I and its destabilizing effects provoked the third phase, Vincent explains. As he watched reason recede before rabid nationalism and a pox of political enthusiasms, HalÉvy sounded the alarm about liberal democracy's vulnerabilities.\u003cbr\u003e Vincent situates HalÉvy on the unsteady and narrowing middle ground between state socialism and fascism, showing how he defended liberalism while, at the same time, appreciating socialists' analyses of capitalism's negative impact and their calls for reform and greater economic equality. Through his analysis of HalÉvy's life and works, Vincent illuminates the complexity of the Third Republic's philosophical, historical, and political thought and concludes with an incisive summary of the distinctive nature of French liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Neo-Kantianism and British Radicalism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Early Years\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. \u003ci\u003eRevue de MÉtaphysique et de Morale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. British Utilitarianism (1896-1904)\u003cbr\u003e Part II. French Politics, European Socialism, and British History\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Dreyfus Affair (1897-1901)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. L'\u0026amp;Eacute;cole Libre des Sciences Politiques and Socialism (1902-1914)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. British Affairs: Empire, Methodism, and English Socialists (1905-1914)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. World War I and the State of Europe in the Era of Tyrannies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. World War I (1914-1918)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Post War (1918-1924)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. \"The World Crisis\" Reconsidered (1924-1932)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The Era of Tyrannies (1932-1937)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559228535064,"sku":"9780812252033","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/elie-halevy-republican-liberalism-confronts-the-era-of-tyranny-hardback-9780812252033","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}