Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence
Author | : Richard Lebrun |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0773522883 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780773522886 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Download or read book Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence written by Richard Lebrun and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Joseph de Maistre's Life, Thought, and Influence leading Maistre scholars offer interpretations of his thought and make available in English recent French scholarship on his life and work. They provide a portrait of Maistre as a significant thinker in numerous fields, upsetting the image of him as a backward-looking "reactionary," a reinterpretation furthered by contemporary interest in Counter-Enlightenment thought in general.