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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book explores a series of challenging new perspectives on the origins, development, and legacy of France's 'liberal moment' during the second half of the twentieth century. It surveys a significant shift in interest regarding socio-political philosophy and culture, with the 1970s emergence of a blossoming French curiosity about liberalism and liberal thought. While liberalism had played an important role in French political debate prior to this period, liberal voices were often disregarded. It was not until this newfound fascination with liberalism by French intellectuals—spanning from the second left to the new right—that a French liberal revival truly occurred. In Search of the Liberal Moment addresses this revival, its resultant resuscitation of nineteenth-century authors like Tocqueville and Constant, its relationship with the contemporary rise of neoliberalism in Britain and the US, and how its adherents used liberalism to rethink the past, present, and future of modern democracy.
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About the authors
Stephen W. Sawyer is an Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at the American University of Paris, France.
Iain Stewart is a Lecturer in modern European history at University College London, UK, and is currently writing a monograph on Raymond Aron's place in the history of liberal thought in France and internationally.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: In Search of the Liberal Moment
Book Subtitle: Democracy, Anti-totalitarianism, and Intellectual Politics in France since 1950
Editors: Stephen W. Sawyer, Iain Stewart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137581266
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57823-5Published: 26 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-72072-9Published: 16 March 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58126-6Published: 08 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 222
Topics: History of France, History of Philosophy, Historiography and Method, Modern History, Democracy, Political Science