The French idea of history Joseph de Maistre and his heirs, 1794-1854 /
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| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10488669 |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Joseph de Maistre and the idea of history, 1794-1820: The statistical beginnings of historical thought : Joseph de Maistre against Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1794-96 ; Maistrian epistemology and pedagogy in historical perspective ; A Europeanist theory of history : Du pape ; Redemption by suffering : social violence and historical development in the βEclaircissement sur les sacrifices ; Returning the universe to God : time, will, and reason in Les soirβees de Saint-Pβetersbourg
- pt. 2. Historical thought in France, 1798-1845: The new truth of historical knowledge : liberty, order, and the rise of the social fact, 1797-1848 ; Historical progress and the logic of sacrifice, 1822-54 ; The metapolitics of history : socialism, positivism, and tradition, 1820-48.