(Ebook) The Foundations of Industrialism: Charles Comte, Charles Dunoyer and Liberal Thought in France (American University Studies) by Leroux, Robert ISBN 9781433134166, 1433134160

(Ebook) The Foundations of Industrialism: Charles Comte, Charles Dunoyer and Liberal Thought in France (American University Studies) by Leroux, Robert ISBN 9781433134166, 1433134160

1. The foundations of industrialism --Joseph Droz - Jean-Baptiste Say -- Benjamin Constant -- 2. Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer : different takes on a shared path -- Le Censeur and its pitched battles -The question of freedom of the press - The problem of pauperism - Comte and Dunoyer as students of Jean-Baptiste Say -Comte, Dunoyer and industrialism -- 3. The foundations of political economy in France - Making a political project scientifically respectable - Charles Comte's theory of liberalism - Reflections on method -The critique of Rousseau - Laws and progress - The problem of slavery - The question of property -4. Charles Dunoyer and the stages of liberty - The need for an industrial regime - The maturing of a body of work -- In defense of liberty -- For freedom in education -- The role of government -- The right of petition -- The issue of free trade -- 5. The revolution of 1848 -- The standpoint of Guizot -- The standpoint of Tocqueville -- Dunoyer and the critique of socialism -- Conclusion.