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Author:   Carolina Armenteros ,  E Natalie Rothman
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780801449437

ISBN 10:   080144943
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   07 July 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Note on Editions, Translations, and References List of Abbreviations Introduction: Conservatism and History A Brief Intellectual Biography Part One: Joseph de Maistre and the Idea of History, 1794-1820 1. The Statistical Beginnings of Historical Thought: Joseph de Maistre against Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1794-96 2. Maistrian Epistemology and Pedagogy in Historical Perspective 3. A Europeanist Theory of History: Du pape 4. Redemption by Suffering: Social Violence and Historical Development in the Eclaircissement sur les sacrifices 5. Returning the Universe to God: Time, Will, and Reason in Les soirees de Saint-Petersbourg Part Two: Historical Thought in France, 1798-1854 6. The New Truth of Historical Knowledge: Liberty, Order, and the Rise of the Social Fact, 1797-1848 7. Historical Progress and the Logic of Sacrifice, 1822-54 8. The Metapolitics of History: Socialism, Positivism, and Tradition, 1820-48 Conclusion: History and Paradox Bibliography Index

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<p> Although Joseph de Maistre is widely recognized as a brilliant stylist, a master of French prose, he is also seen as an authoritarian defender of throne and altar, a zealous monarchist, and a bigoted and inflexible supporter of papal authority. His gifts as a stylist are sometimes used to discount his political theory; in Carolina Armenteros's trenchant expression, Maistre has been 'praised as a writer into oblivion as a political theorist.' In fact, argues Armenteros in this subtle, provocative, and at times stunningly original book, the traditional image of Maistre is deeply misleading. Far from being a complete reactionary seeking a return to an idealized past, Maistre was in at least some respects a moderate who recognized the necessity for political change-so long as it took place gradually, without bloodshed and within the framework of existing institutions. -Jonathan Beecher, UC Santa Cruz, author of Charles Fourier: The Visionary and His World

<p> The French Idea of History is immensely rich in insights and suggestions . . . a marvelous piece of original research. What the author has achieved is to enable us to look beyond the Ultramontanist dimension of his thought which has so often led to Maistre being relegated to the sidelines of history, and to see the crucial influences of his work in later historical thinking. - Cyprian Blamires, Intellectual History Review (July 2012)

Author Information

Carolina Armenteros is Rosalind Franklin Fellow, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, and Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. She is coeditor of Joseph de Maistre and the Legacy of Enlightenment, Joseph de Maistre and his European Readers, The new enfant du siecle: Joseph de Maistre as a Writer, and Historicising the French Revolution.

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