Consideraciones sobre el profetismo en los escritos de Joseph de Maistre

María Luisa Guerrero Alonso

doi:10.25145/j.cedille.2021.20.17

Abstract

"The relationship of Joseph de Maistre’s essays with prophetism has been a central theme in the studies dedicated to the author. This article reviews and qualifies this approach by distinguishing within Maistre’s work the theoretical characteristics of the prophetic perspective in three stages of analysis: the writer’s opinions on prophetic vision and prophetic action, the testimonies that singular contemporaries formulated on the prophetic scope of his works and, finally, the consideration of his discourse as a prophetic discourse, both for certain rhetorical features and for its subject matter, centered on the evolution of the proposals of his political prophetism. The research concludes by highlighting that the notion of prophetic impulse is the key to the cohesion of the Maistrinian corpus"

Highlights

María Luisa Guerrero Alonso consideration of his discourse as a prophetic discourse, both for certain rhetorical features and for its subject matter, centered on the evolution of the proposals of his political prophetism
The research concludes by highlighting that the notion of prophetic impulse is the key to the cohesion of the Maistrinian corpus
13 La visión del Divino soberano descrita por De Maistre es una contribución más en el conjunto de escritos sobre este tema que vieron la luz en vísperas y durante la Revolución y que se remontan al siglo XVI (Armogathe, 2012:169); de hecho, como ocurrió con el ensayo Considérations sur la France, algunos de ellos volverán a editarse durante la Restauración y se seguirán leyendo a lo largo del siglo: Un nouveau courant prophétique se dessine, qui espère, dans l’imminente survenue du Grand Monarque, la restauration de l’ordre déchu de la monarchie de droit divin et de la “ religion du royaume ; il rejaillera avec force lors du renversement de la monarchie légitime des Bourbons de la branche aînée en 1830, puis lors des projets de restauration monarchique des années 1870, au lendemain de la défaite et de la Commune (Boutry, 2012 : 223)

Summary

Introduction

María Luisa Guerrero Alonso consideration of his discourse as a prophetic discourse, both for certain rhetorical features and for its subject matter, centered on the evolution of the proposals of his political prophetism.

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