The Birth of Solidarity
The History of the French Welfare State
1st Edition
Published on 8. May 2020
304 pages
978-1-4780-0921-4 (ISBN)
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François Ewald's The Birth of Solidarity-first published in French in 1986 and appearing here in English for the first time-is one of the most important historical and philosophical studies of the rise of the welfare state.
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François Ewald is International Research Fellow at the University of Connecticut School of Law, chair of the Scientific Committee of the Université de l'Assurance, and the author and coeditor of several books in French.
Melinda Cooper is Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University.
Timothy Scott Johnson is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.
Melinda Cooper is Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University.
Timothy Scott Johnson is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.
Content
Translator's Preface / Timothy Scott Johnson ix
Risk, Insurance, Security / Melinda Cooper xiii
Part I. The History of Responsibility
1. Civil Law 5
2. Security and Liberty 30
3. Noblesse Oblige 47
Part II. Universal Insurance against Risk
4. Average and Perfection 77
5. An Art of Combinations 96
6. Universal Politics 115
Part III. The Recognition of Professional Risk
7. Charitable Profit 141
8. Security and Responsibility 165
9. First and Foremost, a Political Law 181
Notes 223
Bibliography 251
Index
Risk, Insurance, Security / Melinda Cooper xiii
Part I. The History of Responsibility
1. Civil Law 5
2. Security and Liberty 30
3. Noblesse Oblige 47
Part II. Universal Insurance against Risk
4. Average and Perfection 77
5. An Art of Combinations 96
6. Universal Politics 115
Part III. The Recognition of Professional Risk
7. Charitable Profit 141
8. Security and Responsibility 165
9. First and Foremost, a Political Law 181
Notes 223
Bibliography 251
Index
