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Joseph de Maistre and His European Readers: From Friedrich Von Gentz to Isaiah Berlin

Richard A. Lebrun

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Following the publication of Isaiah Berlin's essay on Joseph de Maistre , the Savoyard philosopher has been known primarily in the English-speaking world as a precursor of fascism. The essays in this volume challenge this view. Disclosing the inaccuracies and limitations of Berlin's account, they illustrate Maistre's colossally diverse European posterity. Far from an inflexible ideologist, Maistre was a versatile and deeply modern thinker who attracted interpreters across the political spectrum. Through the centuries, Maistre's passionate Europeanism has contributed to his popularity from Madrid to Moscow. And in our times, when religion is re-asserting itself as a source of public reason, his theorization of the encounter between tradition and modernity is lending his work ever more urgent relevance. Cover illustration by Matthieu Manche

Language: English

Pages: 303

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Brill

Release: May 23, 2011

ISBN: 9004193944

ISBN 13: 9789004193949

Joseph de Maistre and His European Readers: From Friedrich Von Gentz to Isaiah Berlin

Richard A. Lebrun

4/5 ( ratings)

Following the publication of Isaiah Berlin's essay on Joseph de Maistre , the Savoyard philosopher has been known primarily in the English-speaking world as a precursor of fascism. The essays in this volume challenge this view. Disclosing the inaccuracies and limitations of Berlin's account, they illustrate Maistre's colossally diverse European posterity. Far from an inflexible ideologist, Maistre was a versatile and deeply modern thinker who attracted interpreters across the political spectrum. Through the centuries, Maistre's passionate Europeanism has contributed to his popularity from Madrid to Moscow. And in our times, when religion is re-asserting itself as a source of public reason, his theorization of the encounter between tradition and modernity is lending his work ever more urgent relevance. Cover illustration by Matthieu Manche

Language: English

Pages: 303

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Brill

Release: May 23, 2011

ISBN: 9004193944

ISBN 13: 9789004193949

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