Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Introduction 3
6. Biographical Studies
7. The Roads of Exile, 1792-1817 15
8. The Apprentice Years of a Counter-Revolutionary: Joseph de Maistre in Lausanne, 1793-1797 32
9. Joseph de Maistre and the House of Savoy: Some Aspects of his Career 47
10. Aspects of Maistre’s Thought
11. Maistre’s Theory of Sacrifice 65
12. Joseph de Maistre Economist 84
13. Joseph de Maistre’s Theory of Language: Language and Revolution 105
14. Joseph de Maistre, New Mentor of the Prince: Unveiling the Mysteries of Political Science 120
15. Joseph de Maistre’s Catholic Philosophy of Authority 131
16. Comparative Studies
17. Joseph de Maistre and Edmund Burke: A Comparison 153
18. Maistre’s Twin? Louis de Bonald and the Counter-Enlightenment 173
19. The Social Bond according to the Catholic Counter-Revolution: Maistre and Bonald 190
20. Joseph de Maistre and Carl Schmitt 220
21. Reception and Influence
22. Joseph de Maistre’s Works in Russia: A Look at their Reception 241
23. Joseph de Maistre in the Anglophone World 271
24. The Persistence of Maistrian Thought 290
25. Index 327