{"product_id":"commentary-on-filangieris-work-paperback","title":"Commentary on Filangieri's Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Constant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlan S. Kahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommentary on Filangieri's Work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e addresses the principal political and social questions that Benjamin Constant, one of the most important liberal thinkers of the nineteenth century, ever discussed. This translation will help give the work its deserved importance in political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommentary\u003c\/em\u003e is founded on the view that government should maintain a strictly limited role in society; \"The functions of government are purely negative. It should repress disorder, eliminate obstacles, in a word, prevent evil from arising. Thereafter one can leave it to individuals to find the good.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Constant\u003c\/strong\u003e (1767-1830), born in Switzerland, became one of France's leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan S. Kahan\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of British Civilization at the Universit  de Versailles\/St. Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758074200352,"sku":"9780865978836","price":18.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e04defdbce53be9d25824fe0ac33b089.webp?v=1780117536","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/commentary-on-filangieris-work-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}