{"product_id":"benjamin-constant-a-biography-9780415019378","title":"Benjamin Constant: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wood Dennis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e For forty years I have defended the same principle: freedom in everything, in religion, in philosophy, in literature, in industry, in politics - and by freedom I mean the triumph of the individual.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Constant thus summarized his beliefs at the end of his life. A political theorist and a passionate defender of individual liberty, he was also the author of one of the greatest French novels of psychological insight, \u003cem\u003eAdolphe\u003c\/em\u003e. In a major new biography Dennis Wood traces the development of Constant as a writer centrally preoccupied with the problematics of freedom, not only in the fields of politics and religious belief but also in his own troubled relationship with several women.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47616324829335,"sku":"9780415019378","price":12690.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415019378.webp?v=1775112600","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/benjamin-constant-a-biography-9780415019378","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}