Proto-fascist Joseph de Maistre’s favorite character: The executioner
Elements of Fascism #3
[Section of a painting by April Burke]
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an intro piece on Isaiah Berlin’s essay “Joseph de Maistre and the Origins of Fascism.” Today, I continue my reading of Berlin’s essay—this time with an eye especially to Maistre’s own words, to consider how he understood the world, for a moment.
Doing much of his writing in exile in R…
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