Charles Péguy (Book order)

Charles Péguy Book order

January 7, 1873 – September 5, 1914

Charles Péguy was a French writer, poet, and essayist. His extensive work encompasses verse dramas and lyrical poems with mystical themes, deeply influenced by the figure of Joan of Arc. Péguy was also a committed intellectual, whose early libertarian socialist and anti-clerical stances evolved towards an interest in Catholicism. In his essays, he expressed concerns about modernity and social issues.

Temporal and Eternal

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This a profound and poetic assessment of the relationship between Christianity and liberty, between politics and society, and between Christianity and the modern world. This edition includes a new foreword by Pierre Manent, professor of Political Science at the Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond Aron in Paris. As the 21st century begins, the relationships this book explores are as relevant as they were in the last century, when French poet and essayist Charles Péguy addressed them in "Memories of Youth" and "Clio I", the two essays in this volume. In these essays Péguy develops his theme of la mystique -- that which a person or a nation is -- and la politique -- mere policy.