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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782081703321

Autore

Maistre Joseph Marie, comte de, <1753-1821.>

Titolo

St. Petersburg dialogues, or, Conversations on the temporal government of providence / / Joseph de Maistre ; translated and edited by Richard A. Lebrun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Kingston : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-282-85628-6

9786612856280

0-7735-6380-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxvi, 407 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LebrunRichard

Disciplina

231/.5

Soggetti

Providence and government of God

Good and evil

Sacrifice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Critical Bibliography -- A Note on the Text -- St Petersburg Dialogues -- First Dialogue -- Second Dialogue -- Third Dialogue -- Fourth Dialogue -- Fifth Dialogue -- Sixth Dialogue -- Seventh Dialogue -- Eighth Dialogue -- Ninth Dialogue -- Tenth Dialogue -- Eleventh Dialogue -- Sketch of a Final Dialogue -- Elucidation on Sacrifices -- On Sacrifices in General -- Of Human Sacrifices -- The Christian Theory of Sacrifices -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A classic renowned for both its content and its French literary style that today still influences the direction of far-right conservatism in Western political thought.