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