Metternich

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mainly refers to Metternich as the figure of the European order that came out of the Congress of Vienna. He presents him as the master of Restoration Europe and of the Holy Alliance, an order directed against revolutionary France and financed by England12. He also stresses his role as the political and police master of the Austrian Empire3. Several times he compares this arrangement to NATO: NATO takes over from the Congress of Vienna, and the Holy Alliance is "the NATO of its time"45. He also uses Metternich to place Hegel in context: Hegel writes his preface "in the thick of Metternich", at the time of the Holy Alliance, and revolutionary France irritated him67. He comes back to Metternich in 2026, when discussing the return of fascism2. Finally, in speaking of Napoleon, he reports that, according to Balzac, Metternich was one of the three heads the emperor respected8.

1. 1#5.4 Introduction / Nature ou Paysage ?25 Jan 2019 · 21:24
2. 2Le retour du fascisme4 Feb 2026 · 30:34
3. 3Griaule (Marcel)18 Oct 2017 · 1:10:17
4. 4Radio Galère - Michel Clouscard - 16 Jul 2012 · 15:05
5. 5#3.6 D'Ulysse à Dédale1 Aug 2017 · 5:40
6. 6Dominique Pagani sur Michel Clouscard - Les chemins de la praxis 1/28 Dec 2015 · 53:20
7. 7#3.5 D'Ulysse à Dédale1 Aug 2017 · 1:37:13
8. 8"Napoléon ou les raisons de la ruse", avec Dominique Pagani2 Dec 2024 · 1:05:40

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