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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107491592
ISBN-139781107491595
eBay Product ID (ePID)242741021
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Number of Pages252 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEnlightenment and Utility : Bentham in French, Bentham in France
Publication Year2017
SubjectModern / 18th Century, Europe / France, History & Theory, Movements / Utilitarianism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Political Science, History
AuthorEmmanuelle De Champs
SeriesIdeas in Context Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'An impressive addition to the Cambridge University Press 'Ideas in Context' series, Emmanuelle de Champs' Enlightenment and Utility: Bentham in French, Bentham in France gives us a Bentham who is both familiar and strange. This new French Bentham guides us through a transatlantic matrix of utilitarian liberal reform ideas that began in the eighteenth century, spanned the French Revolution and dissipated only in the mid-nineteenth century. Fluent and authoritative, de Champs' narrative demonstrates the way in which historical contextualisation - which depends not only on erudition but on intelligent and imaginative judgements about how to construct a relevant context - can alter the landscape of scholarship both on well-mined figures in the history of political thought and on traditions of thought.' Cheryl B. Welch, French History
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 110
Dewey Decimal192
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; A note on translations; Introduction; Part I. An Englishman in the Republic of Letters: 1. Languages of Enlightenment; 2. Satire and polemics; 3. Defining utilitarianism: private connections and correspondence; Part II. 'Projet d'un corps de loix complet' and the Reform of Jurisprudence in Europe: 4. The Genesis of Projet; 5. Projet in Enlightenment legal thought; 6. The politics of legal reform; Part III. Reflections for the Revolution in France: 7. Frenchmen and Francophiles: Lord Lansdowne's network; 8. British expertise for French legislators; 9. Utility, rights and revolution: missed encounters?; Part IV. Utile Dulcis? Bentham in Paris, 1802: 10. Dumont's editorship: from the Bibliothèque Britannique to Traités de législation civile et pénale; 11. A mixed reception; 12. Autumn 1802: Bentham in Paris; Part V. Liberty, Utility and Rights (1815-1832): 13. 'For one disciple in this country, I have fifty at least in France'; 14. Utilitarian arguments in French politics; 15. A Utilitarian moment? French liberals and utilitarianism; Epilogue: Bentham in the July Revolution; Conclusion; Bibliography.
SynopsisA major contribution to our understanding of a seminal figure in the history of modern political thought, Jeremy Bentham, the founder of classical utilitarianism. Emmanuelle de Champs surveys Bentham's engagement with contemporary French culture, from the Enlightenment to the post-Revolutionary era, and his influence on modern Liberalism., Jeremy Bentham, the founder of classical utilitarianism, was a seminal figure in the history of modern political thought. This lively monograph presents the numerous French connections of an emblematic British thinker. Perhaps more than any other intellectual of his time, Bentham engaged with contemporary events and people in France, even writing in French in the 1780s. Placing Bentham's thought in the context of the French-language Enlightenment through to the post-Revolutionary era, Emmanuelle de Champs makes the case for a historical study of 'Global Bentham'. Examining previously unpublished sources, she traces the circulation of Bentham's letters, friends, manuscripts, and books in the French-speaking world. This study in transnational intellectual history reveals how utilitarianism, as a doctrine, was both the product of, and a contribution to, French-language political thought at a key time in European history. The debates surrounding utilitarianism in France cast new light on the making of modern Liberalism.
LC Classification NumberB1574.B34C435 2017
