Download or read book The French Revolution and the Creation of Benthamism written by C. Blamires and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-07-10 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study of how Genevan Etienne Dumont, and his traumatic experience of the French Revolution, shaped the reception and presentation of 'Benthamism' and masked the true face of Jeremy Bentham, one of the architects of modern society who visualised a new world based on the values of transparency, accountability, and economy.