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Modernlerinki ile Karşılaştırıldığında Antik Çağ’dakilerin Özgürlüğü Üzerine
Özgürlüğün Antik Çağ’dan Modern Çağ’a evrimini eleştirel bir bakış açısıyla inceleyen Fransız liberalizminin 19. yüzyıldaki önde gelen temsilcilerinden Constant klasikleşen bu metninde, özgürlüğü siyasal iktidara aktif ve daimi katılımla özdeşleştiren anlayışın antik toplumların özel şartlarının bir sonucu olduğunu ve modern toplumlara uygun olmadığını savunmaktadır. Ona göre özel alanın ve kişisel hazların öne çıktığı modern ticari toplumlara daha uygun olan, bireysel bağımsızlık anlamında özgürlüktür. Nitekim Fransız Devrimi örneğinde kolektivist özgürlük düşüncesini modernliğe uygulama girişimleri insani acılara neden olmuş ve baskıcı bir rejimle sonuçlanmıştır. Gücün doğası, egemenliğin sınırları ve bireysel özgürlük ile ortak çıkar arasındaki hassas denge üzerine esaslı bir perspektif sunan Constant, okuru siyasi sistemler, bireysel haklar ve özgürlüğün özüne dair anlayışlarını yeniden değerlendirmeye davet ediyor.
104 pages, Paperback
Published January 7, 2025
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Benjamin Constant
523 books89 followersHenri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque was a Swiss-born, nobleman, thinker, writer and French politician.
Constant was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to descendants of noble Huguenots who fled France during the Huguenot wars in the early 16th century to settle in Lausanne. He was educated by private tutors and at the University of Erlangen, Bavaria, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the course of his life, he spent many years in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain.
He was intimate with Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and their intellectual collaboration made them one of the most important intellectual pairs of their time. He was a fervent liberal, fought against the Restauration and was active in French politics as a publicist and politician during the latter half of the French Revolution and between 1815 and 1830. During part of this latter period, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower legislative house of the Restoration-era government. He was one of its most eloquent orators and a leader of the parliamentary block first known as the Independants and then as "liberals."
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Constant was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to descendants of noble Huguenots who fled France during the Huguenot wars in the early 16th century to settle in Lausanne. He was educated by private tutors and at the University of Erlangen, Bavaria, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In the course of his life, he spent many years in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Great Britain.
He was intimate with Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and their intellectual collaboration made them one of the most important intellectual pairs of their time. He was a fervent liberal, fought against the Restauration and was active in French politics as a publicist and politician during the latter half of the French Revolution and between 1815 and 1830. During part of this latter period, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower legislative house of the Restoration-era government. He was one of its most eloquent orators and a leader of the parliamentary block first known as the Independants and then as "liberals."
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