On Divorce

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- The Importance of Bonald -- Translator's Note -- 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 -- Appendix I -- Addendum -- Summation on the Divorce Question -- Index

"Nicholas Davidson has given us the first complete English translation to be published of any work by Louis de Bonald (1754-1840), who stands with Edmund Burke and Joseph de Maistre as one of the greatest theorists of the conservative reaction in Europe to the French Revolution." -The University Bookman On Divorce was written in response to the institution of divorce in France after the French Revolution. It links a theory of the family to a theory of politics, arguing that the family is a basic component of a stable society