2011
DOI: 10.1057/9780230117105
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Benjamin Constant and the Birth of French Liberalism

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“…Constant's position is not easy to pinpoint because he does little to theorise it explicitly himself, though his early writings show broad consistency. Scholars have described his position as “moderate” (Craiutu, 2012: 200–215) 4 or “pragmatic” (Vincent, 2011: 78–79) to emphasise both his staunch commitment to principles and his “fluid” means to realise them. While the murderer case was fictive, Constant demonstrated his stance in real political cases during the years of the Directory (Craiutu, 2012: 213; Vincent, 2011).…”
Section: Constant's Defence Of Political Principlesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Constant's position is not easy to pinpoint because he does little to theorise it explicitly himself, though his early writings show broad consistency. Scholars have described his position as “moderate” (Craiutu, 2012: 200–215) 4 or “pragmatic” (Vincent, 2011: 78–79) to emphasise both his staunch commitment to principles and his “fluid” means to realise them. While the murderer case was fictive, Constant demonstrated his stance in real political cases during the years of the Directory (Craiutu, 2012: 213; Vincent, 2011).…”
Section: Constant's Defence Of Political Principlesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Scholars have described his position as “moderate” (Craiutu, 2012: 200–215) 4 or “pragmatic” (Vincent, 2011: 78–79) to emphasise both his staunch commitment to principles and his “fluid” means to realise them. While the murderer case was fictive, Constant demonstrated his stance in real political cases during the years of the Directory (Craiutu, 2012: 213; Vincent, 2011). For instance, in a speech to the Cercle Constitutionnel on 16 September 1797, he maintained that, for the sake of saving the constitution, in the specific moment of the coup of 18 Fructidor, there was a need to use anti-constitutional means (Constant, 1797).…”
Section: Constant's Defence Of Political Principlesmentioning
confidence: 99%