Commentary on Filangieri's Work e-bog
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Commentary on Filangieri's Work addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century, ever discussed. This translation will help give the work its deserved importance in political theory.Commentary is founded on the view that government should maintain a strictly limited role in society; "e;The fu...
E-bog
51,10 DKK
Forlag
Liberty Fund
Udgivet
24 august 2015
Længde
292 sider
Genrer
1DST
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781614872733
Commentary on Filangieri's Work addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century, ever discussed. This translation will help give the work its deserved importance in political theory.Commentary is founded on the view that government should maintain a strictly limited role in society; "e;The functions of government are purely negative. It should repress disorder, eliminate obstacles, in a word, prevent evil from arising. Thereafter one can leave it to individuals to find the good."e;Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), born in Switzerland, became one of France's leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician.Alan S. Kahan is Professor of British Civilization at the Universite de Versailles/St. Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.