Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894) : un intellectuel sceptique, critique des idées libérales de son temps

Sir James Fitzjames Stephen is known for his book entitled Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873) in which he opposed John Stuart Mill’s liberal ideas. For a jurist like him, political societies could not be built on liberty but much more on force and on the subordination to law. At a time—the second...

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Main Author: Catherine Hajdenko-Marshall
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2012-06-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/1635
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description Sir James Fitzjames Stephen is known for his book entitled Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873) in which he opposed John Stuart Mill’s liberal ideas. For a jurist like him, political societies could not be built on liberty but much more on force and on the subordination to law. At a time—the second half of the 19th century—when religion could not dominate societies any longer, the only way to preserve society was to impose the law and to have it respected, including through the use of force. One had to resist progress which could destroy society. Impervious to the ideas of his period but unquestionably stamped with the teachings of the Old Whigs, Sir James Fitzjames Stephen remains a key character to understand the spirit of resistance at work in the second half of the 19th century, at the same time a sceptic, a moraliser and a Conservative.
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Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894) : un intellectuel sceptique, critique des idées libérales de son temps
Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
conservatism
democratic liberalism
force
law
Mill (John Stuart)
progress
title Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894) : un intellectuel sceptique, critique des idées libérales de son temps
title_full Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894) : un intellectuel sceptique, critique des idées libérales de son temps
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title_short Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894) : un intellectuel sceptique, critique des idées libérales de son temps
title_sort sir james fitzjames stephen 1829 1894 un intellectuel sceptique critique des idees liberales de son temps
topic conservatism
democratic liberalism
force
law
Mill (John Stuart)
progress
url https://journals.openedition.org/cve/1635
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