Enlightenment and Utility - Emmanuelle (Universite de Cergy-Pontoise) de Champs - Bog

A major contribution to our understanding of a seminal figure in the history of modern political thought, Jeremy Bentham, the founder of classical utilitarianism. Emmanuelle de Champs surveys Bentham's engagement with contemporary French culture, from the Enlightenment to the post-Revolutionary era, and his influence on modern Liberalism.