Joseph de Maistre?s Considerations on France is the best known French equivalent of Edmund Burke?s Reflections on the Revolution in France. This new edition of Richard Lebrun?s 1974 translation is introduced by Isaiah Berlin, with a bibliography and chronology by the translator. Published in 1797, t[...]
Since their first publication in 1821, de Maistre's dark writings have fascinated and appalled critics, with their relentless hatred of the Enlightenment and view of humans as murderous beasts who can only be controlled by the threat of overwhelming punishment. Terrifying and bizarre, "The Execution[...]