Ernest Renan (1823–1892) was a French scholar of the Ancient Near East and early Christianity, best known for The Life of Jesus (1862), an international best seller, and his views on national identity.M. F. N. Giglioli is a research fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. He is the author of Legitimacy and Revolution in a Society of Masses: Max Weber, Antonio Gramsci, and the Fin-de-Siècle Debate on Social Order (2013).

• AcknowledgmentsSeries Editor’s ForewordIntroductionChronology1. On Clerical Liberalism (Du libéralisme clérical, 1848)2. Mr. de Sacy and the Liberal Tradition (M. de Sacy et l’école libérale, 1858)3. The Philosophy of Contemporary History (Philosophie de l’histoire contemporaine, 1859)4. The Role of the Family and the State in Education (La part de la famille et de l’État dans l’Éducation, 1869)5. Constitutional Monarchy in France (La Monarchie constitutionnelle en France, 1869)6. The War between France and Germany (La Guerre entre la France et l’Allemagne, 1870)7. Two Letters to Mr. Strauss (Lettre & Nouvelle lettre à M. Strauss, 1870-1871)8. Intellectual and Moral Reform of France (La Réforme intellectuelle et morale de la France, 1871)9. What Is a Nation? (Qu’est-ce qu’une nation?, 1882)10. Islam and Science (L’Islamisme et la science, 1883)11. Original Unity and Gradual Separation of Judaism and Christianity (Identité originelle et séparation graduelle du judaïsme et du christianisme, 1883)NotesIndex

This wonderfully translated and edited collection offers a welcome opportunity to reassess the political writings of Ernest Renan. M.F.N. Giglioli’s judicious selection of essays allows readers to explore how this influential nineteenth-century liberal understood the major challenges of his day: empire, religion, education, and liberty. A principled mind in an era of revolutionaries and demagogues, Renan inspires reflection on the place of intellectual and political engagement in turbulent times.

Ernest Renan (1823–1892) was a French scholar of the Ancient Near East and early Christianity, best known for The Life of Jesus (1862), an international best seller, and his views on national identity.M. F. N. Giglioli is a research fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. He is the author of Legitimacy and Revolution in a Society of Masses: Max Weber, Antonio Gramsci, and the Fin-de-Siècle Debate on Social Order (2013).

• AcknowledgmentsSeries Editor’s ForewordIntroductionChronology1. On Clerical Liberalism (Du libéralisme clérical, 1848)2. Mr. de Sacy and the Liberal Tradition (M. de Sacy et l’école libérale, 1858)3. The Philosophy of Contemporary History (Philosophie de l’histoire contemporaine, 1859)4. The Role of the Family and the State in Education (La part de la famille et de l’État dans l’Éducation, 1869)5. Constitutional Monarchy in France (La Monarchie constitutionnelle en France, 1869)6. The War between France and Germany (La Guerre entre la France et l’Allemagne, 1870)7. Two Letters to Mr. Strauss (Lettre & Nouvelle lettre à M. Strauss, 1870-1871)8. Intellectual and Moral Reform of France (La Réforme intellectuelle et morale de la France, 1871)9. What Is a Nation? (Qu’est-ce qu’une nation?, 1882)10. Islam and Science (L’Islamisme et la science, 1883)11. Original Unity and Gradual Separation of Judaism and Christianity (Identité originelle et séparation graduelle du judaïsme et du christianisme, 1883)NotesIndex

This wonderfully translated and edited collection offers a welcome opportunity to reassess the political writings of Ernest Renan. M.F.N. Giglioli’s judicious selection of essays allows readers to explore how this influential nineteenth-century liberal understood the major challenges of his day: empire, religion, education, and liberty. A principled mind in an era of revolutionaries and demagogues, Renan inspires reflection on the place of intellectual and political engagement in turbulent times.

Ernest Renan (1823–1892) was a French scholar of the Ancient Near East and early Christianity, best known for The Life of Jesus (1862), an international best seller, and his views on national identity.M. F. N. Giglioli is a research fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. He is the author of Legitimacy and Revolution in a Society of Masses: Max Weber, Antonio Gramsci, and the Fin-de-Siècle Debate on Social Order (2013).

• AcknowledgmentsSeries Editor’s ForewordIntroductionChronology1. On Clerical Liberalism (Du libéralisme clérical, 1848)2. Mr. de Sacy and the Liberal Tradition (M. de Sacy et l’école libérale, 1858)3. The Philosophy of Contemporary History (Philosophie de l’histoire contemporaine, 1859)4. The Role of the Family and the State in Education (La part de la famille et de l’État dans l’Éducation, 1869)5. Constitutional Monarchy in France (La Monarchie constitutionnelle en France, 1869)6. The War between France and Germany (La Guerre entre la France et l’Allemagne, 1870)7. Two Letters to Mr. Strauss (Lettre & Nouvelle lettre à M. Strauss, 1870-1871)8. Intellectual and Moral Reform of France (La Réforme intellectuelle et morale de la France, 1871)9. What Is a Nation? (Qu’est-ce qu’une nation?, 1882)10. Islam and Science (L’Islamisme et la science, 1883)11. Original Unity and Gradual Separation of Judaism and Christianity (Identité originelle et séparation graduelle du judaïsme et du christianisme, 1883)NotesIndex

This wonderfully translated and edited collection offers a welcome opportunity to reassess the political writings of Ernest Renan. M.F.N. Giglioli’s judicious selection of essays allows readers to explore how this influential nineteenth-century liberal understood the major challenges of his day: empire, religion, education, and liberty. A principled mind in an era of revolutionaries and demagogues, Renan inspires reflection on the place of intellectual and political engagement in turbulent times.