Foundations of Industrialism

Robert Leroux

1. The foundations of industrialism -- Joseph Droz -- Jean-Baptiste Say -- Benjamin Constant -- 2. Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer : different takes on a shared path -- Le Censeur and its pitched battles -- The question of freedom of the press -- The problem of pauperism -- Comte and Dunoyer as students of Jean-Baptiste Say -- Comte, Dunoyer and industrialism -- 3. The foundations of political economy in France -- Making a political project scientifically respectable -- Charles Comte's theory of liberalism -- Reflections on method -- The critique of Rousseau -- Laws and progress -- The problem of slavery -- The question of property -- 4. Charles Dunoyer and the stages of liberty -- The need for an industrial regime -- The maturing of a body of work -- In defense of liberty -- For freedom in education -- The role of government -- The right of petition -- The issue of free trade -- 5....