Louis‐Gabriel‐Ambroise de Bonald

Japanese: ボナルド（英語表記）Louis‐Gabriel‐Ambroise de Bonald

1754‐1840
A politician and thinker of noble birth in the city of Milot in the south of France. He served as mayor of Milot and a member of the prefecture's council, but resigned his position in opposition to the Constitution of the Clergy and went into exile in Heidelberg in 1791. It was there that he wrote his masterpiece, "Political and Religious Power in Civilized Society" (3 volumes, 1796). Along with J.M. de Maistre, he was a leading theocratic debater, asserting the absoluteness of religion and authority, and was passionate about defending tradition and rejecting revolutionary principles and Rousseau's theory of the social contract. He returned to France in 1797 and, during the First Empire, co-founded the magazine "Mercure de France" with Chateaubriand.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1754‐1840
南フランス，ミロ市の貴族出身の政治家，思想家。ミロ市長や県会議員を務めたが，〈聖職者基本法〉に反対して県会議員を辞任，1791年ハイデルベルクに亡命した。この地で代表作《文明社会における政治的宗教的権力論》3巻(1796)を執筆した。彼はJ.M.deメーストルと共に神政論の代表的論客で，宗教と権威の絶対性を主張し，伝統の擁護，革命原理とルソーの社会契約説の排撃に熱中した。97年に帰国，第一帝政期にシャトーブリアンと共に《メルキュール･ド･フランス》誌などを主宰した。

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