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Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
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Routledge
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On Divorce is an anti-divorce treatise by Louis de Bonald, originally published in 1801 in response to the institution of divorce in France in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Examining the social structures of Christians, Jews, Asians, Greeks, and Romans, On Divorce links a theory of the family to a theory of politics and argues the family is a basic component of a stable society. As... Read more
Foreword; The Importance of Bonald; Translator’s Note; On Divorce; Introduction; 1: Of the Proposed Civil Code, Presented by the Commission of the Council of State Named by the Government; 2: Of Domestic Society; 3: Of Public Society; 4: Of Marriage; 5: Of the Three States of Society: Imperfect; Perfect or Natural; Corrupted or against Nature; 6: Of Society among the Jews; 7: Of Society among the Orientals, Greeks, and Romans; 8: Of Society among Christian Peoples; 9: Revolution in Christian Society; 10: Of the French Revolution; 11: General Considerations on Divorce; 12: Conclusion
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Louis de Bonald
