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

• Autore: Maistre Joseph Marie, comte de, <1753-1821.>
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Kingston, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 407 pages)
• Disciplina: 231/.5
• Soggetto topico: Providence and government of God; Good and evil; Sacrifice
• Altri autori: LebrunRichard
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Saint Petersburg dialogues; Conversations on the temporal government of providence
• Titolo autorizzato: St. Petersburg dialogues, or, Conversations on the temporal government of providence
• ISBN: 1-282-85628-6; 9786612856280; 0-7735-6380-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809735903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II