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136 - BARRÈS (Maurice) – A Day in Parliament.
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BARRÈS (Maurice) – A Day in Parliament. A comedy of manners in three acts. Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1894; 8vo, 87 pp., plum-coloured half-cloth binding with corner pieces, plain spine, cover preserved. Maurice Barrès was born in 1862 in Charmes (Vosges) and died on 4 December 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Seine); he was a French writer and politician, and a leading figure in French nationalism. The first strand of his thought is ‘the cult of the Self’. He asserts that our primary duty is to defend our self against the ‘Barbarians’, that is to say, against anything that might weaken it in the fulfilment of its own sensibility. The second pillar is summed up by the expression ‘the land and the dead’, which reflects Maurice Barrès’s shift towards republican nationalism and traditionalism, and his attachment to his roots, his family, the army and his native land. He remained one of the leading thinkers of the nationalist right during the interwar period. Very good condition.
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About the sale ONLINE AUCTION ON 26/06/2026: Books, engravings and old papers.
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