Oeuvres Complètes de M. De Bonald, Vol. 2


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Excerpt from Oeuvres Completes de M. De Bonald, Vol. 2: Pair de France Et Membre de l'Academie Francaise Dieu meme obeit a sa volonte, et qu'etant souverainement libre, il ne peut rien faire contre sa volonte. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.










Oeuvres Complètes De M. De Bonald, Volume 3...


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Le troisième volume des oeuvres complètes de Louis de Bonald, comprenant ses écrits politiques et philosophiques les plus importants. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




In Search of European Liberalisms


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Since the Enlightenment, liberalism as a concept has been foundational for European identity and politics, even as it has been increasingly interrogated and contested. This comprehensive study takes a fresh look at the diverse understandings and interpretations of the idea of liberalism in Europe, encompassing not just the familiar movements, doctrines, and political parties that fall under the heading of “liberal” but also the intertwined historical currents of thought behind them. Here we find not an abstract, universalized liberalism, but a complex and overlapping configuration of liberalisms tied to diverse linguistic, temporal, and political contexts.







Tensions of Order & Freedom


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Between the French Revolution and the Socialist rising of 1848, there developed in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria a considerable body of political thought by Catholic scholars and public men. The great aim of these writers was somehow to reconcile the traditional European order with the demand for increased freedom: the tension of authority and liberty. For the most part, the writings of these men of theory have been difficult to obtain in the English-speaking world. Menczer makes available an intelligent selection of such materials, drawn from Maistre, Bonald, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Metternich, Schlegel, Donoso Cortes, Balmes, and Veuillot, who while differing all sought to avert another outburst of fanatic revolution. These political thinkers of the first half of the nineteenth century seem more prescient than were their melioristic adversaries. The totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century were predicted by them, and both order and freedom, as they feared, were overthrown by squalid oligarchs in many countries. Menczer's introduction and notes aid greatly in the understanding of the scholars and statesmen he discusses. This volume is important for normative political thinkers.










Broken Tablets


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In this first study of art, law, and the legislator, Jonathan Ribner provides a revealing look at French art from 1789 to 1848, the period in which constitutional law was established in France. Drawing on several disciplines, he discusses how each of the early constitutional regimes in France used imagery suggesting the divine origin and sacred character of its laws. Primarily a study of art and politics, Broken Tablets discusses painting, sculpture, prints, and medals (many reproduced here for the first time), as well as contemporary literature, including the poetry of Alfred de Vigny, Alphonse de Lamartine, and Victor Hugo. Ribner assesses the ways in which legislation imagery became an instrument of political propaganda, and he clearly illuminates the cult of the law as it became personalized under Napoleon, monarchist under the Restoration, and defensive under Louis-Phillipe.