Abstract

According to the author, philosophy and politics are intimately connected, since any understanding of society involves an analysis of "order." The notion of order contains three essential elements which political philosophers have frequently overlooked: unity, sanction and authority. Barth examines the work of Burke, Rivarol, de Lamennais, Comte and others. The concluding chapter attempts to resolve the problems raised by the apparent conflict between "historical" and "natural" right in a comprehensive idea of order.--V. G. P.