Liberal values
Subtitle: Benjamin Constant and the politics of religion
By: Helena Rosenblatt, Helena.
Series: Ideas in context -- 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780521898256
Subjects: Constant, Benjamin, -- 1767-1830; Religions; Religion -- Philosophy; Religion and politics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Constant's education : the French, Scottish, and German Enlightenments; title: The crucible of the directory years; title: Napoleon, or battling 'the new Cyrus'; title: Constant becomes constant : from the principles of politics (1806) to the spirit of conquest and usurpation (1814); title: Politics and religion during the Restoration (1814-1824); title: The 'Protestant Bossuet' : De la religion in political context (1824-1830); title: Constant's legacy.