| Germaine de Stael: A Political Portrait Subjects: Staël Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) 1766-1817; Staël Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) 1766-1817 -- Political and social views; Women intellectuals -- France -- Biography; Intellectuals -- France -- Biography; Women political scientists -- France --; The first in-depth look at Staël's political life and writings Biancamaria Fontana is professor of the history of political ideas at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Her books include Montaigne's Politics (Princeton), Benjamin Constant and the Post-Revolutionary Mind , and Rethinking the Politics of Commercial Society . |