num_pages: 222
description: Joseph de Maistre's Considerations on France (1796) is the best known French equivalent of Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. The work of the self-exiled Maistre presents a providential interpretation of the French Revolution and argues for a new alliance of throne and altar under a restored Bourbon monarchy. Although Maistre's influence within France was delayed until the Restoration, he is now acknowledged as the most eloquent spokesperson for continental conservatism. This edition features an Introduction by Isaiah Berlin.The present translation of Considérations sur la France is made from the critical French edition of R. de Johannet and F. Vermale (Paris: Vrin, 1936), which in turn is based on Maistre's own corrected edition of 1821.
language: English
title: Considerations on France
titlecomplete: Considerations on France
genres: France, Religion, Politics, Political Science, Philosophy, French Literature, Nonfiction, French Revolution, Classics, History
ratings_count: 274
publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press