The French counterrevolutionary theorist, Louis de Bonald (1754-1840)
By: David Klinck.
Series: Studies in modern European history,; v. 18
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Bonald, Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise, vicomte de, 1754-1840.; Social scientists -- France -- Biography.; Social sciences -- Philosophy.; Social sciences -- France -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Description: This examination of the life and thought of Louis de Bonald (1754-1840), one of the foremost theorists of the French Counterrevolution, challenges the commonly held view that he was a defender of a traditional social order and of a pre-scientific way of thinking. This study shows that Bonald argued on behalf of the idea of the unlimited power of the state over groups and individuals, prefiguring fascism.

It demonstrates that his organicist view of society, which he developed in opposition to the Cartesian idea of the subject, places Bonald within the French social science tradition extending from Saint-Simon to Foucault.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-294) and index.