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Joseph de Maistre  

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  • Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821) was one of the founders of French conservative thought, a powerful critic of Enlightenment rationalism, of democracy, and of the French Revolution in particular. At the same time, however, as a highly sophisticated theorist of social violence and political authority, he was one of the originators of French sociology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Maistre, Joseph de]

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