Élie Halévy : Republican liberalism confronts the era of tyranny

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Élie Halévy : Republican liberalism confronts the era of tyranny

K. Steven Vincent

(Intellectual history of the modern age / series editor, Angus Burgin ... [et al.])

University of Pennsylvania Press, c2020

  • : hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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An intellectual biography of the renowned and influential observer of the "era of tyrannies" Elie Halevy (1870-1937) was one of the most respected and influential intellectuals of the French Third Republic. In this densely contextualized biography, K. Steven Vincent describes how Halevy, best remembered as the historian of British Utilitarianism and nineteenth-century English history, was also a persistent, acute, and increasingly anxious observer of society in a period defined by industrialization and imperialism and by what Halevy famously called the "era of tyrannies." Vincent distinguishes three broad phases in the development of Halevy's thought. In the first, Halevy brought his version of neo-Kantianism to debates with sociologists and philosophers and to his study of English Utilitarianism. He forged ties with Xavier Leon, Leon Brunschvicg, and Alain (Emile-Auguste Chartier), life-long intellectual interlocutors. Together they founded the Revue de metaphysique et de morale, a continuing venue for Halevy's reflections. The Dreyfus Affair, Vincent argues, caused Halevy to shift his focus from philosophy to history and from metaphysics to politics. He became a philosopher-historian, less interested in abstract neo-Kantianism and more in real-world action, less given to rarified debates over truth and more to investigation of how theories and their applications were situated within broader political, economic, and cultural movements. World War I and its destabilizing effects provoked the third phase, Vincent explains. As he watched reason recede before rabid nationalism and a pox of political enthusiasms, Halevy sounded the alarm about liberal democracy's vulnerabilities. Vincent situates Halevy on the unsteady and narrowing middle ground between state socialism and fascism, showing how he defended liberalism while, at the same time, appreciating socialists' analyses of capitalism's negative impact and their calls for reform and greater economic equality. Through his analysis of Halevy's life and works, Vincent illuminates the complexity of the Third Republic's philosophical, historical, and political thought and concludes with an incisive summary of the distinctive nature of French liberalism.

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Introduction Part I. Neo-Kantianism and British Radicalism Chapter 1. The Early Years Chapter 2. Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale Chapter 3. British Utilitarianism (1896-1904) Part II. French Politics, European Socialism, and British History Chapter 4. The Dreyfus Affair (1897-1901) Chapter 5. L'Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques and Socialism (1902-1914) Chapter 6. British Affairs: Empire, Methodism, and English Socialists (1905-1914) Part III. World War I and the State of Europe in the Era of Tyrannies Chapter 7. World War I (1914-1918) Chapter 8. Post War (1918-1924) Chapter 9. "The World Crisis" Reconsidered (1924-1932) Chapter 10. The Era of Tyrannies (1932-1937) Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments

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