A romantic historiosophy : : the philosophy of history of Pierre-Simon Ballanche / / by Arthur McCalla.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 82
• VerfasserIn: McCalla, Arthur,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 82.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (477 pages)

This intellectual history study locates the philosophy of history of Pierre-Simon Ballanche (1776-1847) within the intellectual, religious, and social life of Restoration and July Monarchy France, and argues for the recognition of Ballanche as an important contributor to that milieu. Its four parts blend the topical and evolutionary approaches, analyzing dominant themes as they are developed across Ballanche's works, and charts Ballanche's complex relation of dependence and independence to the various intellectual currents of the period. This study clarifies the thought of a notoriously obscure thinker, illuminates the intellectual history of early nineteenth-century France, and demonstrates how Ballanche's project for religio-social regeneration effected a crucial step in the historical-mindedness of the Romantic period.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: THE LYON TERROR AND THE EPOPEE LYONNAISE -- CHAPTER TWO: FROM DU SENTIMENT TO ADIEUX A ROME -- CHAPTER THREE: ANTIGONE -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE 1818-1820 WORKS -- CHAPTER FIVE: THE NATURE OF SOCIETY -- CHAPTER SIX: THE CONTEMPORARY AGE OF CRISIS -- CHAPTER SEVEN: BALLANCHE AND RESTORATION POLITICAL LIFE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: ESSAIS DE PALINGENESIE SOCIALE -- CHAPTER NINE: PALINGENESIS -- CHAPTER TEN: SOCIAL EVOLUTION -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: ILLUMINISM -- CHAPTER TWELVE: HISTORIOGRAPHY and MYTHOGRAPHY -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: HISTORIOSOPHY -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE SPHINX OF THE BARRICADES -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE PARTI SOCIAL -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: 1834 AND AFTER -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE THEODICY OF HISTORY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS.