Joseph de Maistre and the legacy of Enlightenment

The 18th century figure, Joseph de Maistre, has long been regarded as characterising the Counter-Enlightenment, but his intellectual relationship to 18th-century philosophy remains unexplored. This is a comprehensive assessment of his response to the Enlightenment.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Armenteros, Carolina (-), Lebrun, Richard
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Voltaire Foundation 2011
Colección:SVEC ; 2011:01
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Polemics of the Counter-Enlightenment. The genius of Maistre / Darrin M. McMahon ; 'This babe-in-arms' : Joseph de Maistre's critique of America / Joseph Eaton ; The negative of the Enlightenment, the positive of order and the impossible positivity of history / Jean-Yves Pranchère
  • Makers and heirs of the Enlightenment. The Cambridge Platonists mirrored by Joseph de Maistre / Philippe Barthelet ; Maistre's Rousseaus / Carolina Armenteros ; Two great enemies of the Enlightenment : Joseph de Maistre and Schopenhauer / Yannis Constantinidès
  • Maistrian afterlives of the theological Enlightenment. Enigmatic images of an invisible world : sacrifice, suffering and theodicy in Joseph de Maistre / Douglas Hedley ; Why Maistre became Ultramontane / Emile Perreau-Saussine ; The Savoyard philosopher : deist or Neoplatonist? / Aimee E. Barbeau ; The pedagogical nature of Maistre's thought / Élcio Vercosa Filho
  • Conclusion / Carolina Armenteros.