K Steven Vincent

Élie Halévy

Republican Liberalism Confronts the Era of Tyranny

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Produktbeschreibung

In this densely contextualized biography, K. Steven Vincent describes how Élie Halévy (1870-1937), one of the most respected and influential intellectuals of the French Third Republic, confronted the Dreyfus Affair, World War I, and the rise of interwar totalitarianism while defending a distinctively French version of liberalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780812252033
• ISBN-10: 0812252039
• Artikelnr.: 59602320

Autorenporträt

K. Steven Vincent is Professor of History at North Carolina State University and author of numerous books, most recently Benjamin Constant and the Birth of French Liberalism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Neo-Kantianism and British Radicalism
Chapter 1. The Early Years
Chapter 2. Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale
Chapter 3. British Utilitarianism (1896-1904)
Part II. French Politics, European Socialism, and British History
Chapter 4. The Dreyfus Affair (1897-1901)
Chapter 5. L'École Libre des Sciences Politiques and Socialism (1902-1914)
Chapter 6. British Affairs: Empire, Methodism, and English Socialists
(1905-1914)
Part III. World War I and the State of Europe in the Era of Tyrannies
Chapter 7. World War I (1914-1918)
Chapter 8. Post War (1918-1924)
Chapter 9. "The World Crisis" Reconsidered (1924-1932)
Chapter 10. The Era of Tyrannies (1932-1937)
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments