Joseph Marie Maistre Books

Joseph de Maistre was an influential lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher, emerging as the most significant spokesman for hierarchical political systems in the post-French Revolution era. He argued that only governments founded upon a Christian constitution, deeply rooted in European customs and institutions, could avert disorder and bloodshed. Maistre advocated for the restoration of hereditary monarchy as a divinely sanctioned institution and emphasized the necessity of papal authority in temporal matters. His work extols monarchy, papal privilege, and divine providence as the guarantors of social order.