Author: FONTANA, BIANCAMARIA
Title: Benjamin Constant and the Post-Revolutionary Mind
Description: London, Yale University Press. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0300049951). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with Very Good dustjacket which has a little fading to rear. xvii + 165 pages. The Swiss writer and political theorist Benjamin Constant was a key figure in the early 19th century attempt to come to terms with the new political world created by the French Revolution of 1789. In this book Biancamaria Fontana presents an overview of Constant's life and writings, showing the unity of his vision and exploring analogies between the issues he discussed and those that confront modern democratic states today. Constant indicated the principles and designed the constitutional arrangements best suited for a new society that was to be ruled by popular sovereignty and direct political representation and oriented toward economic growth and social equality. L. As New/Very Good.

Keywords: Swiss Writer, Political Theorist, 19th Century Intellectual, France History, Biography 0300049951


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