| Germaine de Stael Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Political.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.; HISTORY / Europe / France.; Authors French; Women authors French; Women political scientists; Intellectuals; Women intellectuals; 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 . |