Contra Mundum: Joseph de Maistre & The Birth of Tradition - Hardcover

by Thomas Garrett Isham (Author)

Anyone who wants to understand modern ultramontanism, monarchism, or integralism, is led to engage with the highly influential and controversial figure of Joseph de Maistre. Thomas Isham provides here a lively and readable introduction to Maistre's thought. Though he died nearly two centuries ago, his ideas hold much of value for the present day.