Up until know we have looked at failed counterrevolutions, those of The Holy Alliance and the National Movements, and now we are tasked with the following question: what would a successful counterrevolution look like? First, a successful counterrevolution would not be a mass movement. Joseph de Maistre tells us, “The people count for nothing in revolutions, or at least they enter into them only as a passive instrument. Four or five people, perhaps, will give to France a king.”
The Counterrevolution
The Counterrevolution
The Counterrevolution
Up until know we have looked at failed counterrevolutions, those of The Holy Alliance and the National Movements, and now we are tasked with the following question: what would a successful counterrevolution look like? First, a successful counterrevolution would not be a mass movement. Joseph de Maistre tells us, “The people count for nothing in revolutions, or at least they enter into them only as a passive instrument. Four or five people, perhaps, will give to France a king.”