Introduction

pp 1-2

1 - Benjamin Constant: Life and Work

pp 3-20

Part I - The Political Thinker and Actor

pp 21-22

2 - Liberalism’s Lucid Illusion

pp 23-46

3 - The Liberty to Denounce: Ancient and Modern

pp 47-68

4 - Constant’s Idea of Modern Liberty

pp 69-91

5 - Benjamin Constant and the Terror

pp 92-114

6 - Constant’s Thought on Slavery and Empire

pp 115-145

7 - Benjamin Constant as a Second Restoration Politician

pp 146-170

Part II - The Psychologist and Critic

pp 171-172

8 - Constant and Women

pp 173-205

9 - Individualism and Individuality in Constant

pp 206-224

10 - Literature and Politics in Constant

pp 225-247

11 - The Theory of the Perfectibility of the Human Race

pp 248-272

Part III - The Analyst and Historian of Religion

pp 273-274

12 - Religion According to Constant

pp 275-285

13 - Constant on the Religious Spirit of Liberalism

pp 286-312

14 - Constant and Religion: “Theism Descends from Heaven to Earth”

pp 313-348

Conclusion

pp 349-350

15 - Eclipses and Revivals Constant’s: Reception in France and America 1830-2007

pp 351-378

Bibliography

pp 379-402

Index

pp 403-416

Series List

pp 417-418