A modern Maistre
Subtitle: the social and political thought of Joseph de Maistre
By: Owen Bradley.
Series: European horizons
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Maistre, Joseph Marie, comte de, 1753-1821
Description: "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."--BOOK 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index.