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[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you are referring to the Bonapartism of Napoleon I, I am not sure what it could have been a reaction against. Liberalism had a foothold only in France, where monarchy was the traditional form of government. Napoleon's system was something like an attempt at reconciling the two.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am not sure what it could have been a reaction against.

The chaos of the French Revolution.

Napoleon's system was something like an attempt at reconciling the two.

Exactly. It was an attempt at synthesis, much like fascism was.