Nationalism, Positivism and Catholicism - The Politics of Charles Maurras and French Catholics 1890-1914

Zusammenfassung At the time of the Dreyfus Affair and the start of the Action Française, Charles Maurras pressed forward the idea, borrowed from Auguste Comte, of an alliance between Positivists and Catholics. This study of Maurrassian ideology and Catholic reactions to it explores a wide range of themes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Maurras's appreciation of Comte; 2. Individualism, the decline of France, and Maurras's proposed remedy; 3. The time of the separation of Church and State; 4. Blondel and Maurras; 5. Laberthonnière's separation between politics and Christian faith; 6. Orthodoxy and Rome; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

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• Authors: Sutton Michael, Michael Sutton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2002
• EAN: 9780521893404
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89340-4
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education