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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on S
- Publication Date
- 2011-12-30
- Pages
- 316
- ISBN
- 9781412842655
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
1412842654
ISBN-13
9781412842655
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109098898
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
316 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Generative Principle of Political Constitutions : Studies on Sovereignty, Religion, and Enlightenment
Subject
Constitutions, General
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
10.7 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2011-030697
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Jack Lively's valuable edition and translation of large parts of Maistre's major work should earn a new audience for the most famous of anti-philosophes . . . [A]s witness to the impact of the philosophes, Maistre is without rival." --Edward T. Gargan, The Journal of Modern History
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
320.01
Table Of Content
Introduction, Life, Maistre and His Interpreters, Maistre and the Enlightenment, Human Nature, The Human Condition, The Divine Voice in History, The Problem of Evil, The Political System, Revolutionary and Reactionary Thought, Considerations on France, Study on Sovereignty, On the Nature of Sovereignty The Pope, Essay on the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions, Enlightenment on Sacrifices
Synopsis
Joseph de Maistre had no doubt that the root causes of the French Revolution were intellectual and ideological. The degeneration of its first immense hopes into the Reign of Terror was not the result of a ruthless competition for power or of prospects of war. He echoed Voltaire's boast that "books did it all." The philosophers of the Enlightenment were the architects of the new regimes; and the shadow between revolutionary idea and social reality could be traced directly to a fatal flaw in their thought. De Maistre asserts that society is the product, not of men's conscious decision, but of their instinctive makeup. Both history and primitive societies illustrate men's gravitation toward some form of communal life. Since government is in this sense natural, it can not legitimately be denied, revoked, or even disobeyed by the people. Sovereignty is not the product of the deliberation or the will of the people; it is a divinely bestowed authority fitted not to man's wishes but to his needs. The French Revolution to de Maistre's mind was little more than the expansion, conversion, pride, and consequent moral corruption of the philosophers. It differs in essence from all previous political revolutions, finding a parallel only in the biblical revolt against heaven. These sentiments are the passionate and awe-inspired language of one who sees the political struggles of his time on a huge and cosmic scale, judges events sub specie aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity), and looks on revolution and counter-revolution as a battle for the soul of humanity. The force of this classic volume still resonates in present-day ideological struggles., Joseph de Maistre had no doubt that the root causes of the French Revolution were intellectual and ideological
LC Classification Number
JA42.M313 2011
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