Considérations sur la France

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Considérations sur la France is a seminal counter-revolutionary political and philosophical treatise by Joseph de Maistre reflecting on the French Revolution and the nature of divine providence in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
philosophical treatise
political treatise
author Joseph de Maistre
countryOfOrigin France
genre counter-revolutionary literature
political philosophy
hasPart analysis of divine justice in history
critique of revolutionary principles
defense of papal and monarchical authority
reflections on the causes of the French Revolution
historicalContext aftermath of the French Revolution
influenced 19th-century Catholic traditionalism
French conservatism
reactionary political theory
influencedBy Catholic theology
counter-revolutionary thought
languageStyle polemical
rhetorical
literaryForm essay
mainSubject Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism

French Revolution
divine providence
monarchy
political legitimacy
movement counter-Enlightenment
traditionalist conservatism
notableIdea critique of Enlightenment rationalism
defense of hereditary monarchy
providence guiding history
sacralization of political authority
the French Revolution as divine punishment
originalLanguage French
philosophicalPerspective anti-revolutionary conservatism
theocentric view of history
philosophicalTradition Catholic political thought
reactionary thought
placeOfPublication France
positionOnFrenchRevolution strongly critical
publicationDate 1796
religiousPerspective Roman Catholic
setting post-revolutionary France
significance major text in Catholic political philosophy
seminal work of counter-revolutionary thought
timePeriodDescribed French Revolution
late 18th century Europe
titleTranslation Considerations on France

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Joseph de Maistre notableWork Considérations sur la France
Considérations sur la France titleTranslation Considerations on France
linked to: Considérations sur la France