I edited the first-ever English-language anthology of the political works of Ernest Renan for Columbia University Press. The selection includes several key texts previously unavailable to the English-speaking public. I am responsible for the translation, the annotations, and the critical introduction.
The anthology contains the following:
- On Clerical Liberalism (Du Libéralisme clérical, 1848)
- Mr. de Sacy and the Liberal Tradition (M. de Sacy et l’école libérale, 1858)
- The Philosophy of Contemporary History (Philosophie de l’histoire contemporaine, 1859)
- The Role of the Family and of the State in Education (La Part de la famille et de l’État dans l’Éducation, 1869)
- Constitutional Monarchy in France (La Monarchie constitutionnelle en France, 1869)
- The War between France and Germany (La Guerre entre la France et l’Allemagne, 1870)
- Two Letters to Mr. Strauss (Lettre & Nouvelle lettre à M. Strauss, 1870-1871)
- Intellectual and Moral Reform of France (La Réforme intellectuelle et morale de la France, 1871)
- What is a Nation? (Qu’est-ce qu’une nation?, 1882)
- Islam and Science (L’Islamisme et la science, 1883)
- Original Unity and Gradual Separation of Judaism and Christianity (Identité originelle et séparation graduelle du judaïsme et du christianisme, 1883)
A good, in-depth review by Stefan Collini has appeared in the London Review of Books (firewalled).