A modern Maistre: the social and political thought of Joseph de Maistre
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Main Author: Bradley, Owen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press c1999
Series:European horizons
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index
"A Modern Maistre provides the first general account of the social and political thought of Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821), a founding author of Continental conservative philosophy. Commonly repudiated or ignored as an inconsistent and retrograde extremist, Maistre emerges on closer consideration as a subtle social theorist and a shaping force in modern intellectual history. Through his decisive effect upon Comte and Baudelaire, Maistre's influence far exceeds the narrow conservatism with which he is usually associated. Indeed, his critique of the Enlightenment bears an uncanny resemblance to central claims of postmodernist thought."--BOOK JACKET.
"The guiding thread of Owen Bradley's analysis is Maistre's theory of sacrifice, a comparativist study of the ritualization of human barbarity in religious practices, punishments, wars, and revolutions."--BOOK JACKET.
French Traditionalism -- - Sacrifice -- - Punishment and War -- - Symbolic Power -- - Legitimacy and the Origins of Sovereignty -- - Science and Society -- - Providence -- - Revolution and Counterrevolution
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 273 p.)
ISBN:0585308535
080321295X
9780585308531
9780803212954

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