Najwybitniejszy z konserwatywnych pisarzy politycznych epoki rewolucji francuskiej, wolnomularz, hrabia. Kto chcialby dowodzic bezwarunkowo, iz papieze nigdy w najmniejszej sprawie nie. It sabotaged his attempts at anonymous publication and earned him, through the centuries, the praises of enemies and admirers. He defended hierarchical societies and a monarchical state in the period immediately following the french revolution. The work of the selfexiled maistre presents a providential interpretation of the french revolution and argues for a new alliance of throne and altar under a restored bourbon monarchy. His family was the younger branch of a stock in languedoc, which about the beginning of the seventeenth century divided itself into two, one remaining in france, the other establishing itself in piedmont. Apele skierowane do anglikanow czy prawoslawnych, by dla ratowania cywilizacji zachodniej zjednoczyli sie z kosciolem. This book is based on cara camcastles phd dissertation in political science at queens university. Yet the relationship between maistres thought and writing remains illknown. Richard lebrun is a canadian historian and emeritus professor of history at the university of manitoba. Two enemies of the enlightenment 3 the second onslaught. Contains previously published and original texts, as follows. Jeden z tworcow tradycjonalistycznego konserwatyzmu w jego wersji znanej jako tradycjonalizm, legitymizm i ultramontanizm.
His father was a senator and was later promoted to count by the king. They contain a brief biography, the most extensive bibliography compiled on maistre to date, and the latest news on events and publications regarding him. This may incline one to interpret him as a quasischolastic conservative in the. Despite his close personal and intellectual ties with france, maistre was throughout his life a subject of the king of piedmont. Maistre studied with the jesuits and became a member of the savoy senate in 1787, following the civil career of his. You cannot be sure that an ordinary man of good sense has not the making of a legislator. His style, unique and alive, moulded the french language anew. On revolutions we are all bound to the throne of the supreme being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. Selected, translated, and introduced by jack livery 1965. Essay on the generative principle of political constitutions the pope. Conceptualising history both as a conduit of human selfimprovement and as a criterion of philosophical judgment, his conservatism was. Considered in his relations with the church, temporal sovereignties, separated churches and the cause of civilization 1817, english translation 1850. Maistres collected works are available on the web at a price in the intelex past masters series.
These pages are the cumulated work of maistre specialists across three decades. Although the title page did not carry the authors name, the authorship. Plato and maistre both demand the political control of natural inquiry, and. However, as was often the case, conflict got in the way. He has a reputation as being the crazy reactionary in comparison with edmund burke, his more moderateseeming english equivalent. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance. The idea is that far from being an extreme or radical thinker, maistre is a moderate. Maistre received a fine education, probably at the hands of the jesuits. All enquiries, including those concerning rights, should be directed to the isaiah berlin legacy fellow at.