Helena Rosenblatt
Biographic Data
| ID | 969678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helena Rosenblatt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helena |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenblatt |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENBLATT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Graduate Center, CUNY |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8746-1544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Demos Rising: Democracy and the Popular Construction of Public Power in France, 1800–1850
Robespierre: The Man Who Divides Us the Most
Has Liberalism Failed or Succeeded
Although Why Liberalism Failed and Why Liberalism Works are written by respected academics and contain many interesting insights, they are highly polemical and subjective and should be read with some caution
Céline Spector: Rousseau. (Cambridge: Polity, 2019. Pp. 226.)
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The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
What Is Liberalism
"Rousseau, the "Traditionalist
This contribution to the symposium on Jonathan Israel’s Democratic Enlightenment focuses on Israel’s treatment of Rousseau, in particular contesting his characterization of Rousseau as a “traditionalist” thinker
On Context and Meaning in Pocock's Barbarism and Religion , and on Gibbon's "Protestantism" in His Chapters on Religion
Rosenblatt questions whether Pocock's Barbarism and Religion , though enormously learned and rich, in fact accomplishes Pocock's stated aims. In other words, does the context presented help to explain the intended meaning and significance of Gibbon's Decline and Fall ? She asks whether Pocock's methodology, indebted to the Cambridge School, is consistent and serviceable and challenges his claim that Gibbon should be seen as a member of the "Prote…
Tocqueville. The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty
French Liberalism from Montesquieu to the Present Day
There is an enduring assumption that the French have never been and will never be liberal. As with all clichés, this contains a grain of truth, but it also overlooks an important school of thought that has been a constant presence in French intellectual and political culture for nearly three centuries: French political liberalism. In this collaborative volume, a distinguished group of philosophers, political theorists and intellectual historians …
The Cambridge Companion to Constant
Benjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to better understand this important thinker. Separate sections are devoted to Constant as a political theorist and actor, his work as a social analyst and lit…
Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion
Eclipses and Revivals Constant’s: Reception in France and America 1830-2007
Like all great thinkers, Constant expressed ideas that would transcend his time and place. Convinced that he was living at the dawn of a new age, he addressed himself to the “modern” men and “friends of liberty” he hoped to influence, using very general, even universalizing, language. Throughout his many speeches and writings, he consistently sought to identify the broader patterns in history and the lessons that could be learned from them. Bless…
The Cambridge companion to Constant
Rousseau, the anticosmopolitan
Rousseau's repeated criticisms of the Enlightenment's ideal of cosmopolitanism has led to his thought being characterized as 'anticosmopolitan'. His work abounds in denunciations of the ideals of equality of treatment and universal rights supported by his contemporaries. Moreover, his liking of solitude, introspection and socialization in small circles and his preference for patriotism over equity among all men seem to set him up as the counterpo…
Liberal values: Benjamin Constant and the politics of religion
On the Intellectual Sources of Laà ̄citÃ(c): Rousseau, Constant, and the Debates about a National Religion
Recent scholarship has uncovered laïcité's Protestant sources by focusing attention on its late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century advocates. This article argues that the intellectual sources of laïcité stretch further back than this, namely to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and Benjamin Constant (1767-1830). These two thinkers are rarely seen as allies. However, an examination of their views on religion reveals a surprisi…
The Christian Enlightenment
The term 'Christian Enlightenment' no longer raises eyebrows; but this is a relatively recent phenomenon. A widespread consensus used to exist that the very essence of the Enlightenment – what made the Enlightenment 'enlightened' – was its attack on religion. According to Paul Hazard's influential interpretation, the express aim of the Enlightenment was to 'put Christianity on trial' and even to annihilate 'the religious interpretation of life'; …
Rousseau's Gift to Geneva
People often seem to forget that Rousseau dedicated his Second Discourse to “The Republic of Geneva.” This is a shame because, in doing so, they miss precious clues not only about the meaning of the Discourse itself, but also about its place in Rousseau's political thought as a whole. It is also rather curious, because Rousseau's dedicatory letter to Geneva is actually not so easy to overlook; in the Pléiade edition it takes up more than ten page…
Re-evaluating Benjamin Constant's liberalism: Industrialism, Saint-Simonianism and the Restoration years
This essay contests the notion that there was a necessary and fundamental opposition between republicanism and liberalism during the post-Revolutionary period in France. Constant's writings of the Restoration years show his abiding interest in both the construction of viable political institutions and the promotion of a vibrant political life. Worried about what he saw as growing authoritarian trends within the liberal camp, Constant wrote about …
French liberalism and the question of society
Why Constant? A Critical Overview of the Constant Revival
Recent years have seen a remarkable renewal of interest in the thought of Benjamin Constant (1767-1830). For long recognized as the author of the literary masterpiece Adolphe , Constant is now receiving increasing attention for his political writings. Paperback editions of his major works are presently available in both French and English, helping to establish his growing reputation as a founding father of modern liberalism. Constant's stature as…
Commerce et religion dans le libéralisme de Benjamin Constant
On the “Misogyny” Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Letter to D'alembert in Historical Context
Research Article| February 01 2002 On the "Misogyny" Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Letter to D'alembert in Historical Context Helena Rosenblatt Helena Rosenblatt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2002) 25 (1): 91–114. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-25-1-91 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Helena Rosenblatt; On the "Misogyny" Of J…
Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to The Social Contract , 1749–1762
Rousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan socio-economic, political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr Rosenblatt effectively contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract. Over time Rousseau has been adopted as a French thinker, but this adoption obscures his Genevan origin. Dr Rosenblatt points out that he is, in fact…
On the “Misogyny” Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Letter to D'alembert in Historical Context
Research Article| February 01 2002 On the "Misogyny" Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Letter to D'alembert in Historical Context Helena Rosenblatt Helena Rosenblatt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2002) 25 (1): 91–114. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-25-1-91 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Helena Rosenblatt; On the "Misogyny" Of J…
Why Constant? A Critical Overview of the Constant Revival
Recent years have seen a remarkable renewal of interest in the thought of Benjamin Constant (1767-1830). For long recognized as the author of the literary masterpiece Adolphe , Constant is now receiving increasing attention for his political writings. Paperback editions of his major works are presently available in both French and English, helping to establish his growing reputation as a founding father of modern liberalism. Constant's stature as…
Rousseau, the anticosmopolitan
Rousseau's repeated criticisms of the Enlightenment's ideal of cosmopolitanism has led to his thought being characterized as 'anticosmopolitan'. His work abounds in denunciations of the ideals of equality of treatment and universal rights supported by his contemporaries. Moreover, his liking of solitude, introspection and socialization in small circles and his preference for patriotism over equity among all men seem to set him up as the counterpo…
Rousseau's Gift to Geneva
People often seem to forget that Rousseau dedicated his Second Discourse to “The Republic of Geneva.” This is a shame because, in doing so, they miss precious clues not only about the meaning of the Discourse itself, but also about its place in Rousseau's political thought as a whole. It is also rather curious, because Rousseau's dedicatory letter to Geneva is actually not so easy to overlook; in the Pléiade edition it takes up more than ten page…
Tocqueville. The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty
On the Intellectual Sources of Laà ̄citÃ(c): Rousseau, Constant, and the Debates about a National Religion
Recent scholarship has uncovered laïcité's Protestant sources by focusing attention on its late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century advocates. This article argues that the intellectual sources of laïcité stretch further back than this, namely to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and Benjamin Constant (1767-1830). These two thinkers are rarely seen as allies. However, an examination of their views on religion reveals a surprisi…
Re-evaluating Benjamin Constant's liberalism: Industrialism, Saint-Simonianism and the Restoration years
This essay contests the notion that there was a necessary and fundamental opposition between republicanism and liberalism during the post-Revolutionary period in France. Constant's writings of the Restoration years show his abiding interest in both the construction of viable political institutions and the promotion of a vibrant political life. Worried about what he saw as growing authoritarian trends within the liberal camp, Constant wrote about …
Rousseau and Geneva: From the First Discourse to The Social Contract , 1749–1762
Rousseau and Geneva reconstructs the main aspects of Genevan socio-economic, political and religious thought in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this way Dr Rosenblatt effectively contextualizes the development of Rousseau's thought from the First Discourse through to the Social Contract. Over time Rousseau has been adopted as a French thinker, but this adoption obscures his Genevan origin. Dr Rosenblatt points out that he is, in fact…
On the “Misogyny” Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Letter to D'alembert in Historical Context
Research Article| February 01 2002 On the "Misogyny" Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Letter to D'alembert in Historical Context Helena Rosenblatt Helena Rosenblatt Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2002) 25 (1): 91–114. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-25-1-91 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Helena Rosenblatt; On the "Misogyny" Of J…
Commerce et religion dans le libéralisme de Benjamin Constant
Re-evaluating Benjamin Constant's liberalism: Industrialism, Saint-Simonianism and the Restoration years
This essay contests the notion that there was a necessary and fundamental opposition between republicanism and liberalism during the post-Revolutionary period in France. Constant's writings of the Restoration years show his abiding interest in both the construction of viable political institutions and the promotion of a vibrant political life. Worried about what he saw as growing authoritarian trends within the liberal camp, Constant wrote about …
French liberalism and the question of society
Why Constant? A Critical Overview of the Constant Revival
Recent years have seen a remarkable renewal of interest in the thought of Benjamin Constant (1767-1830). For long recognized as the author of the literary masterpiece Adolphe , Constant is now receiving increasing attention for his political writings. Paperback editions of his major works are presently available in both French and English, helping to establish his growing reputation as a founding father of modern liberalism. Constant's stature as…
The Christian Enlightenment
The term 'Christian Enlightenment' no longer raises eyebrows; but this is a relatively recent phenomenon. A widespread consensus used to exist that the very essence of the Enlightenment – what made the Enlightenment 'enlightened' – was its attack on religion. According to Paul Hazard's influential interpretation, the express aim of the Enlightenment was to 'put Christianity on trial' and even to annihilate 'the religious interpretation of life'; …
Rousseau's Gift to Geneva
People often seem to forget that Rousseau dedicated his Second Discourse to “The Republic of Geneva.” This is a shame because, in doing so, they miss precious clues not only about the meaning of the Discourse itself, but also about its place in Rousseau's political thought as a whole. It is also rather curious, because Rousseau's dedicatory letter to Geneva is actually not so easy to overlook; in the Pléiade edition it takes up more than ten page…
On the Intellectual Sources of Laà ̄citÃ(c): Rousseau, Constant, and the Debates about a National Religion
Recent scholarship has uncovered laïcité's Protestant sources by focusing attention on its late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century advocates. This article argues that the intellectual sources of laïcité stretch further back than this, namely to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and Benjamin Constant (1767-1830). These two thinkers are rarely seen as allies. However, an examination of their views on religion reveals a surprisi…
Rousseau, the anticosmopolitan
Rousseau's repeated criticisms of the Enlightenment's ideal of cosmopolitanism has led to his thought being characterized as 'anticosmopolitan'. His work abounds in denunciations of the ideals of equality of treatment and universal rights supported by his contemporaries. Moreover, his liking of solitude, introspection and socialization in small circles and his preference for patriotism over equity among all men seem to set him up as the counterpo…
Liberal values: Benjamin Constant and the politics of religion
The Cambridge Companion to Constant
Benjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of his life and work by a panel of international scholars, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to better understand this important thinker. Separate sections are devoted to Constant as a political theorist and actor, his work as a social analyst and lit…
Liberal Values: Benjamin Constant and the Politics of Religion
Eclipses and Revivals Constant’s: Reception in France and America 1830-2007
Like all great thinkers, Constant expressed ideas that would transcend his time and place. Convinced that he was living at the dawn of a new age, he addressed himself to the “modern” men and “friends of liberty” he hoped to influence, using very general, even universalizing, language. Throughout his many speeches and writings, he consistently sought to identify the broader patterns in history and the lessons that could be learned from them. Bless…
The Cambridge companion to Constant
French Liberalism from Montesquieu to the Present Day
There is an enduring assumption that the French have never been and will never be liberal. As with all clichés, this contains a grain of truth, but it also overlooks an important school of thought that has been a constant presence in French intellectual and political culture for nearly three centuries: French political liberalism. In this collaborative volume, a distinguished group of philosophers, political theorists and intellectual historians …
Tocqueville. The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty
"Rousseau, the "Traditionalist
This contribution to the symposium on Jonathan Israel’s Democratic Enlightenment focuses on Israel’s treatment of Rousseau, in particular contesting his characterization of Rousseau as a “traditionalist” thinker
On Context and Meaning in Pocock's Barbarism and Religion , and on Gibbon's "Protestantism" in His Chapters on Religion
Rosenblatt questions whether Pocock's Barbarism and Religion , though enormously learned and rich, in fact accomplishes Pocock's stated aims. In other words, does the context presented help to explain the intended meaning and significance of Gibbon's Decline and Fall ? She asks whether Pocock's methodology, indebted to the Cambridge School, is consistent and serviceable and challenges his claim that Gibbon should be seen as a member of the "Prote…
What Is Liberalism
The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
Has Liberalism Failed or Succeeded
Although Why Liberalism Failed and Why Liberalism Works are written by respected academics and contain many interesting insights, they are highly polemical and subjective and should be read with some caution
Céline Spector: Rousseau. (Cambridge: Polity, 2019. Pp. 226.)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Robespierre: The Man Who Divides Us the Most
Demos Rising: Democracy and the Popular Construction of Public Power in France, 1800–1850
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