Manent is a key figure in contemporary French political philosophy and his work has helped the rediscovery of the
French liberal tradition. A
eurosceptic[1] and a
classical liberal, he has been called by The Weekly Standard "the most profound of the Euroskeptical philosophers".[2]
Bibliography
In French
Naissances de la politique moderne: Machiavel, Hobbes, Rousseau (Payot, 1997, reed., Gallimard, 2007)
Tocqueville et la nature de la démocratie (1982, reed. 1993)
Les Libéraux (1986, reed. Gallimard, 2001)
Histoire intellectuelle du libéralisme: dix leçons (1987, reed. 1997)
La Cité de l'homme (1994, reed. Flammarion, 1997)
Cours familier de philosophie politique (Fayard, 2001, reed Gallimard 2004)
L'Amour et l'amitié d'Allan Bloom (traduction) (Livre de Poche, 2003)