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MarchÌý7, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. MT | CASE E422 |Ìý1725 Euclid Ave. | In-person and live stream | Free and open to the public |

Part of the Benson Center's 2021-22 "Capitalism and Ethics" Lecture Series

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ the Lecture

Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) and Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) are recognized today as two of the central figures in the development of French liberalism and of liberalism generally. Yet, their ideas are still rarely compared – in part because Tocqueville did not respond directly to his predecessor’s writings. This lecture will discuss the two liberals on the relationship between commerce and democracy, specifically between commerce and the extension of the right to vote in the nineteenth century. Both thinkers, in different ways, argued that changes in society and in the economy ought to alter the standards for who could vote, and, just as importantly, who could not. And both highlighted the possibilities and potential ills of commercial society and of democracy. Studying the two figures side-by-side illuminates contemporary questions regarding the intersection of capitalism and democratic politics.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ the Speaker

Gianna Englert is Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at Southern Methodist University, where she teaches political theory and the history of political thought. She holds an MAÌýin Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Annapolis and a PhDÌýin Government from Georgetown University, and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Political Theory Project at Brown University. She has research interests in the history of liberalism (French and Anglo-American), with particular interests in themes of political inclusion and exclusion, citizenship, and political economy. Her work has been published in Polity, The Review of Politics, and Modern Intellectual History. Her book, Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and The Politics of Suffrage, is under contract with Oxford University Press.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ the Series

This series exploresÌýthe complex relationship between capitalism and ethics in American culture and in Western civilization more broadly. Topics include capitalism and virtue, the history of American philanthropy, and the relationship between ethics and economics, and capitalism and religion. Lectures will beÌýin person and livestreamed, and archivedÌýon our . Hosted by Alan S. Kahan.Ìý

General Information

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Please note thatÌýmasks are currently required in public indoor spaces on the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ campusÌýregardless of vaccination status.Ìý

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