A modern Maistre : the social and political thought of Joseph de Maistre / Owen Bradley.

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Bradley, Owen, 1960-

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0585308535
9780585308531

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modern Maistre.DDC classification:

320.52/092 21

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JC179.M28 B73 1999eb

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08.24

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Contents:

French Traditionalism -- Sacrifice -- Punishment and War -- Symbolic Power -- Legitimacy and the Origins of Sovereignty -- Science and Society -- Providence -- Revolution and Counterrevolution.

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Review: "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."--Jacket.Summary: "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."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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."--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."--Jacket.

French Traditionalism -- Sacrifice -- Punishment and War -- Symbolic Power -- Legitimacy and the Origins of Sovereignty -- Science and Society -- Providence -- Revolution and Counterrevolution.

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