Benjamin Constant and the Post-Revolutionary Mind

by Biancamaria Fontana

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300049951
• ISBN13: 9780300049954
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"