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Author: S. Sawyer ,
Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 3.943kg
ISBN: 9781137578235
ISBN 10: 1137578238
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 26 February 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Jeremy Jennings, Professor of Political Theory, King's College, London I have now had a chance to look at this proposal. Apologies again for the delay. In brief, this is a very well-presented proposal which clearly sets out the aims and ambitions of the proposed volume. I can confirm that the revival of liberal thought in France in the 1970s and 1980s was as significant as the editors claim and that it has to date been relatively unexplored. The proposed content is both comprehensive and original. The quality of the contributors is uniformly first rate. Both Spitz and Audier have an international reputation and it will be good to have more of their work in English. Christofferson and Behrent are young historians who have already made a significant contribution to the field. Both propose to write on fascinating topics. Behrent's reading of Foucault will be a long overdue corrective to the dominant interpretations of his work. Likewise the essay by Chabal on anti-capitalism in France will explore a very important dimension of French thinking and will help us understand why liberalism faced (and continues to face) such strong opposition. Chaton's essay will rightly focus on the group of writers around Raymond Aron and the journal Commentaire. This is where most of the really serious thinking occured. The contribution on Julien Freund will also be most welcome - he remains remarkably under-read - as will be the contribution about Textures (about which I know virtually nothing). Iain Stewart's doctoral work ideally places him to write the introduction. He is a young but very industrious scholar and I would have no doubt about his ability to see this project through to a successful conclusion. I do not know Stephen Sawyer's work but, having worked for Pierre Rosanvallon, he will have an insider's knowledge of the thinkers and ideas under discussion.I am sure that his essay will be very good. So, if the quality of the contributors is a plus, so too is the fact that they are drawn from France, the UK and the America. It will, if nothing else, enlarge the potential market. If I am honest, I doubt that many French university libraries will buy the volume. They buy few books in any case, and even fewer in English, but there will be French sales. Most of the sales, I guess, will be to American university libraries. I think that the book will be widely reviewed, although most in specialist French history and political thought journals. Palgrave are best placed to assess these commercial matters but I have no hesitation in recommending the volume for publication.
Author Information
Stephen W. Sawyer is an Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at the American University of Paris, France. Iain Stewart is a Lecturer in modern European history at University College London, UK, and is currently writing a monograph on Raymond Aron's place in the history of liberal thought in France and internationally.
