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Maistre
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Maistre (French) [mɛstrə]
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(Biographies / Maistre, Josephe de (1753-1821) M, French, WRITING: writer, POLITICS: diplomat) Josephe de (ʒozɛf də). 1753-1821, French writer and diplomat, noted for his extreme reactionary views, expounded in such works as
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And from those roots, watered and tended by latter-day apologists of the Inquisition such as Joseph de Maistre and Juan Donoso Cortes, grew the thorns of twentieth century "ideocracy" and its "inquistional dynamic.
Pro haereses by Blum, Christopher O. / Modern Age
Oddly, Goldberg reserves his most curt disdain for those theorists, such as Joseph de Maistre and Carl Schmitt, who faced the truth the most fearlessly.
Goldberg's trivial pursuit by Bramwell, Austin W. / The American Conservative
Gray drags into his discussion too many unexplained allusions to arcane theorists for a general readership to follow; if you happen not to know why Joseph de Maistre is important to the history of political discourse, you will be offered no hint here.
Is a cancer growing in the bowels of liberalism? (Tolerating Freedom) by Lomasky, Loren E. / Reason
 
 
 
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