Felipe Freller

• Abstract

  Contemporary French Political Philosophy is profoundly affected by the critiques of totalitarianism formulated in the 1970s. In the intellectual environment marked by this theme, Furet leads, from the end of the decade, a study group at EHESS that brings together, among others, Lefort, Castoriadis, Gauchet, Rosanvallon, and Manent. Designated by Lynch (2010) as the "French school of the p…

  From the critique of totalitarianism to the rediscovery of liberalism: an inquiry into the theoretical and political uses of the liberal tradition by the French school of the political, BP.PD

• Abstract

  The central quest of this research is the place of arbitrariness ("l'arbitraire") in Benjamin Constant's (1767-1830) political thought. Unlike the more conventional perspective, which tends to resume the question by presenting Constant as an author that radically rejected arbitrariness, this research intends to explore the subject of arbitrariness as a real political problem that the thin…

  The problem of arbitrariness in Benjamin Constant, BP.DR

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  This research aims at confronting the interpretations of the French Revolution proposed in the nineteenth century by François Guizot and Alexis de Tocqueville. The starting point is Pierre Rosanvallon's suggestion that Guizot supports a liberal, rather than a revolutionary, version of the Jacobin project. Such project was designed to eradicate the old local liberties and intermediary bodi…

  Political liberty with administrative centralization?: a comparison between Tocquevillian and Guizotian interpretations of the French Revolution, BP.MS

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• Abstract

  The critiques of totalitarianism formulated in the 1970s hold profound impact in contemporary French political thought. In the intellectual environment characterized by this theme, François Furet leads, from 1977 on, a study group at EHESS that brings together, among others, Claude Lefort, Cornelius Castoriadis, Marcel Gauchet, Pierre Manent, and Pierre Rosanvallon, resulting in the found…

  Marcel Gauchet and Pierre Manent's critique of the politics of human rights within the framework of the reflections of the founders of the Raymond Aron Institute: the relationship between liberalism and politics, BE.EP.PD

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  This project is part of a doctoral research on the problem of arbitrariness in Benjamin Constant's (1767-1830) work. This research stage focuses on the dialogue between Constant and a current of political thought that we propose to call "liberalism of order". This expression is an adaptation of the "liberal authoritarianism" employed by Howard Brown, and especially by Andrew Jainchill, in…

  Benjamin Constant and the liberalism of order: Has the French Revolution already finished?, BE.EP.DR

• Abstract

  The master's research to which this project is linked aims at confronting the interpretations of the French Revolution proposed in the nineteenth century by François Guizot and Alexis de Tocqueville. Taking as a starting point the thesis defended by Pierre Rosanvallon in Chapter VIII of the book Le modèle politique français, according to which Guizot is part of a "Jacobin liberalism" that…

  The place of administrative centralization in François Guizot's interpretation of the French Revolution, BE.EP.MS