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Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence: Selected Studies

Richard A. Lebrun

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Joseph de Maistre was an extraordinarily gifted and insightful commentator on foundational developments that have shaped our modern world. His reaction to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, though hostile, was remarkably open and included innovative and still-valuable theorizing about such human phenomena as violence and unreason. The political and theoretical issues he addressed continue to challenge us today. In Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence leading Maistre scholars offer interpretations of his thought and make available in English recent French scholarship on his life and work. They provide a portrait of Maistre as a significant thinker in numerous fields, upsetting the image of him as a backward-looking "reactionary," a reinterpretation furthered by contemporary interest in Counter-Enlightenment thought in general. Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence is a valuable resource, providing not only a cross-section of current Maistre scholarship but also notes and biographical suggestions for further study. Contributors include Owen Bradley , Jean-Louis Darcel , Jean Dinezet , Graeme Garrard , Richard A. Lebrun, Vera Miltchyna , Jean-Yves Pranchère , W. Jay Reedy , and Benjamin Thurston .

Language: English

Pages: 344

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Release: October 08, 2001

ISBN: 0773522883

ISBN 13: 9780773522886

Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence: Selected Studies

Richard A. Lebrun

4/5 ( ratings)

Joseph de Maistre was an extraordinarily gifted and insightful commentator on foundational developments that have shaped our modern world. His reaction to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, though hostile, was remarkably open and included innovative and still-valuable theorizing about such human phenomena as violence and unreason. The political and theoretical issues he addressed continue to challenge us today. In Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence leading Maistre scholars offer interpretations of his thought and make available in English recent French scholarship on his life and work. They provide a portrait of Maistre as a significant thinker in numerous fields, upsetting the image of him as a backward-looking "reactionary," a reinterpretation furthered by contemporary interest in Counter-Enlightenment thought in general. Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence is a valuable resource, providing not only a cross-section of current Maistre scholarship but also notes and biographical suggestions for further study. Contributors include Owen Bradley , Jean-Louis Darcel , Jean Dinezet , Graeme Garrard , Richard A. Lebrun, Vera Miltchyna , Jean-Yves Pranchère , W. Jay Reedy , and Benjamin Thurston .

Language: English

Pages: 344

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Release: October 08, 2001

ISBN: 0773522883

ISBN 13: 9780773522886

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