{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7a3c5644-595b-4535-89cb-4df503953241/e833b6a7-1c06-49a1-be61-7bf8447646c1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Constant on Liberty","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6195407ecb03c875f76170fd/6195408d054fb40012de7d4c.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Benjamin Constant’s ‘The Liberty of the Ancients Compared to the Liberty of the Moderns’ (1819) examines what it means to be free in the modern world.&nbsp;Are we at liberty to follow our hearts?&nbsp;Do we have an obligation to take an interest in politics?&nbsp;What happens if we don’t?&nbsp;David explores the lessons Constant drew from the failures of the French Revolution and his timeless message about the perils of political indifference.</p><p><br></p><p>Free online version of the text:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/constant-the-liberty-of-ancients-compared-with-that-of-moderns-1819\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/constant-the-liberty-of-ancients-compared-with-that-of-moderns-1819</a></li></ul><p>Recommended version to purchase:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/texts-political-thought/constant-political-writings?format=PB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/texts-political-thought/constant-political-writings?format=PB</a></li></ul><p>Going Deeper:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adolphe-Penguin-Classics-Benjamin-Constant/dp/0140441344\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Constant, <em>Adolphe</em>&nbsp;</a></li><li><a href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-french-revolution-a-very-short-introduction-9780198840077?cc=gb&amp;lang=en&amp;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">William Doyle, The French Revolution: a very short introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09drjm1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">In Our Time on Germaine de Stael</a></li><li><a href=\"http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/tcl/tcl-a.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Isaiah Berlin, ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ </a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Talking Politics"}