On the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions
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Challenge the foundations of modern political theory with a definitive classic of counter-revolutionary thought.
In On the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions, legendary philosopher Joseph de Maistre offers a fierce critique of the Enlightenment and the radical restructuring brought on by the French Revolution. Maistre argues that a true constitution cannot be engineered purely out of thin air by human reason or written on a blank piece of paper. Instead, he asserts that political stability and legitimate laws are divine and historical in origin, slowly growing out of a nation's organic traditions, heritage, and deep-rooted spiritual landscape.
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Foundational Anti-Jacobin Thought: Essential reading for understanding traditionalist, anti-rationalist, and anti-Enlightenment political theory.
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Organic State Theory: Deeply examines why top-down, artificial societal engineering projects so often collapse into chaos.
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Academic Cornerstone: A primary text for students and researchers of European history, philosophy, and classical conservative thought.
Joseph de Maistre was a Savoyard lawyer, diplomat and political philosopher, born in Chambery in 1753. He served as a magistrate and senator in the Savoy Senate from 1787 to 1792, was ambassador of the Kingdom of Sardinia to the Russian Empire from 1803 to 1817, and then minister of state at the court in...