| Joseph de Maistre and His European Readers: From Friedrich Von Gentz to Isaiah Berlin Contributor(s): Armenteros, Carolina, Lebrun, Richard |
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ISBN: 9004193944 ISBN-13: 9789004193949 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Social Science - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 320.520 |
| LCCN: 2011000830 |
| Series: Studies in the History of Political Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.36 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following the publication of Isaiah Berlin's essay on Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821), 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 |