Beschreibung
This book sheds light on the unique aspects of 'communal liberalism' in Mme de Staël's writings and considers her contribution to nineteenth-century French liberal political thought. Focusing notably on the 'Considérations sur les principaux événements de la Révolution française', it examines the originality of Stael's liberal philosophy. Rather than contrasting liberalism with either multiculturalism or republicanism, the book argues that Staël's communal liberalism challenges the conventions of nineteenth-century political thought, notably through her assertion of the need to institutionalize an organic intermediary connecting the two spheres, an idea later advanced by thinkers such as Jürgen Habermas. Offering a critical reappraisal of Staël's multifaceted work, this book assesses the political impact of her work, arguing that the political influence of the 'Considérations' permeates the liberal historiography of the French Revolution up to the present day.
Autorenporträt
Chinatsu Takeda is Professor at the Faculty of Comparative Culture, Otsuma Women's University, Japan. She was Visiting Professor at the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo (2011) and at Columbia University (2005). She has among other publications contributed to the European Review of History and to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Thought.
