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Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre ( French: [də mɛstʁ]; [a] 1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821) [3] was a Savoyard philosopher, lawyer, diplomat, and magistrate. One of the forefathers of conservatism, Maistre advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution. [4]
Joseph de Maistre (born April 1, 1753, Chambéry, France—died February 26, 1821, Turin, kingdom of Sardinia [Italy]) was a French polemical author, moralist, and diplomat who, after being uprooted by the French Revolution in 1789, became a great exponent of the conservative tradition.
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Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) by Darrin M. McMahon, Ben Weider Professor of History, Florida State University. Joseph de Maistre was born in 1753 in the Savoyard alpine town of Chambéry where Rousseau had wiled away his days with Madame de Warens in the 1730s and early 40s.
Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre (April 1, 1753 - February 26, 1821) was a Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher who, after being uprooted by the French Revolution, became a great exponent of the conservative tradition. He was one of the most influential spokesmen for a counter-revolutionary and authoritarian conservatism in the ...
Considerations on France (French: Considérations sur la France) is a 1796 political pamphlet and treatise by the Savoyard philosopher Joseph de Maistre about the ongoing French Revolution. Maistre presents a providential interpretation of the Revolution and argues for a new alliance of throne and altar under a restored Bourbon monarchy .
May 21, 2018 · MAISTRE, JOSEPH DE (1753–1821), Savoyard writer and diplomat. A provocative and controversial opponent of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, the Comte Joseph-Marie de Maistre was as often reviled by nineteenth-century liberals as an unscrupulous apologist of the executioner and the Inquisition as he was praised by French royalists ...
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Jul 5, 2019 · Joseph de Maistre, revolution, and tradition – Catholic World Report. Thomas Garrett Isham’s defense of the French author and literary critic highlights Maistre’s importance and rebuffs...
