Essai sur le principe générateur des constitutions politiques
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Essai sur le principe générateur des constitutions politiques is a political treatise by Joseph de Maistre that defends traditional, divinely rooted constitutional orders against Enlightenment rationalism and revolutionary reform.
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| Essai sur le principe générateur des constitutions politiques canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction work ⓘ political treatise ⓘ |
| author | Joseph de Maistre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
legitimate constitutions arise organically from a people’s history and religion
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political authority ultimately derives from divine providence ⓘ political constitutions cannot be successfully fabricated by pure reason ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
counter‑Enlightenment literature
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
19th‑century European conservatism
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Catholic conservative political thought ⓘ |
| hasPart |
critique of revolutionary constitutional engineering
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theoretical analysis of the origin of constitutions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Catholic theology
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counter‑revolutionary thought ⓘ reaction to the French Revolution ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
French Revolution
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constitutions ⓘ critique of Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ legitimacy of monarchy ⓘ political authority ⓘ |
| movement | counter‑revolutionary literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulation of an organic theory of constitutions
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systematic defense of traditional constitutionalism against revolutionary projects ⓘ |
| opposes |
Enlightenment rationalism in politics
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revolutionary reformism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent |
conservatism
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traditionalism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
importance of historical experience in politics
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role of religion in legitimizing political order ⓘ skepticism about human perfectibility ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
critique of written constitutions designed by abstract reason
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defense of divinely rooted constitutional orders ⓘ rejection of contractualist theories of the state ⓘ support for historically evolved institutions ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Considérations sur la France
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Du Pape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
close union of throne and altar
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hierarchical social order ⓘ monarchical authority ⓘ |
| workOf | Joseph de Maistre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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