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Ideologies / Paleo-Conservative / Joseph de Maistre
Joseph de Maistre — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1753–1821 · Savoy / France · Counter-revolutionary

Joseph de Maistre

Throne and altar

The counter-Enlightenment.

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Economic+64
SocialistMarket
Governance+58
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Social−80
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The Savoyard philosopher whose ferocious defence of throne, altar and inherited authority against the French Revolution made him the founding voice of reactionary conservatism.

social

Arch-traditionalist; the deepest critic of the Enlightenment.

economic

Order and property within a divinely-sanctioned hierarchy.

governance

Monarchy, authority and the sacred against revolution.

Notable for
  • 'Considerations on France'
  • Counter-Enlightenment thought
  • Throne-and-altar reaction
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