2 “Rights Talk” in American and French Accents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF FRENCH POLITICAL REGIMES xiv
6. 1 Republicanism and/or Liberalism? 1
7. 2 “Rights Talk” in American and French Accents 22
8. 3 The Institutions and Ethos of Freedom 56
9. 4 The Uses of Republican Rhetoric in America 92
10. 5 The Strange Career of Liberalism in France 128
11. 6 Liberal, Illiberal, and Antiliberal Republics 160
12. NOTES 195
13. INDEX 243