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Political Science History & Theory

More Moderate Side of Joseph de Maistre

Views on Political Liberty and Political Economy

by (author) Cara Camcastle

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2005
Category
History & Theory, Theory
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773573222
    Publish Date
    Dec 2005
    List Price
    $110.00

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Description

The More Moderate Side of Joseph de Maistre expertly contextualizes his work within the historical events and intellectual debates that emerged in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Camcastle sheds new light on Maistre's conception of government as being made up of groups in dynamic counterbalance and on the system of inconvertible paper money that he developed a century before a similar system was universally adopted in the twentieth century. Camcastle provides a more complete and balanced picture of Maistre's political writings through original interpretations of his published works and translations from French and Italian into English of previously unpublished writings that substantiate key points.

About the author

Cara Camcastle holds a Ph.D. in political science, Queen's University, and was a postdoctoral fellow visiting scholar, political science, University of California at Berkeley.

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