Please direct any additional comments to the current talk page catholic encyclopedia appropriation. Maistre studied with the jesuits and became a member of the. On the other hand his thought moves in closer order than burkes, more rapidly, more directly. Although the title page did not carry the authors name, the authorship seems to. He defended hierarchical societies and a monarchical state in the period immediately following the french revolution. Two enemies of the enlightenment 3 the second onslaught.
Owing to causes which lie tolerably near the surface, the remarkable catholic reaction which took place in france at the beginning of the present century, has never received in england the attention that it deserves. Maistre puts forward the case for a new alliance of throne and altar under a restored. Some of his works are available through library genesis. The essays were only published posthumously, when his. As this stands, everything seems to be from the catholic. To submit it to the individual discussion is to destroy it. 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. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the. He was one of the most influential spokesmen for a counterrevolutionary and authoritarian conservatism in the period immediately following the french revolution of 1789. Despite his close personal and intellectual ties with france, maistre was throughout his life a.