Author: Auguste Comte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521469234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book provides translations of Auguste Comte's early writings, with scholarly apparatus placing Comte in his historical context.
Comte: Early Political Writings
Author: Auguste Comte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521469234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book provides translations of Auguste Comte's early writings, with scholarly apparatus placing Comte in his historical context.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521469234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book provides translations of Auguste Comte's early writings, with scholarly apparatus placing Comte in his historical context.
Auguste Comte and Positivism
Author: Gertrud Lenzer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351315269
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 911
Book Description
Although Auguste Comte is conventionally acknowledged as one of the founders of sociology and as a key representative of positivism, few new editions of his writings have been published in the English language in this century. He has become virtually dissociated from the history of modern positivism and the most recent debates about it. Gertrud Lenzer maintains that the work of Comte is, for better or for worse, essential to an understanding of the modern period of positivism. This collection provides new access to the work of Comte and gives practitioners of various disciplines the possibility of reassessing concepts that were first introduced in Comte's writings. Today much of the ordinary business of academic disciplines is conducted under the assumption that the realm of science is essentially separate from the realms of politics and science. A close reading of Comte will reveal how deeply such current ideas and theories were originally embedded in a particular political context. One of his central methodological principles was that the theory of society had to be removed from the arena of political practice precisely in order to control that practice by means of these same sciences. It is in Comte's work that the reader will be able to observe how the forces of social and political reaction began to be powerfully organized to combat the critical forces in its own and later eras. Auguste Comte and Positivism will be of importance to the work of philosophers, sociologists, political theorists, and historians.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351315269
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 911
Book Description
Although Auguste Comte is conventionally acknowledged as one of the founders of sociology and as a key representative of positivism, few new editions of his writings have been published in the English language in this century. He has become virtually dissociated from the history of modern positivism and the most recent debates about it. Gertrud Lenzer maintains that the work of Comte is, for better or for worse, essential to an understanding of the modern period of positivism. This collection provides new access to the work of Comte and gives practitioners of various disciplines the possibility of reassessing concepts that were first introduced in Comte's writings. Today much of the ordinary business of academic disciplines is conducted under the assumption that the realm of science is essentially separate from the realms of politics and science. A close reading of Comte will reveal how deeply such current ideas and theories were originally embedded in a particular political context. One of his central methodological principles was that the theory of society had to be removed from the arena of political practice precisely in order to control that practice by means of these same sciences. It is in Comte's work that the reader will be able to observe how the forces of social and political reaction began to be powerfully organized to combat the critical forces in its own and later eras. Auguste Comte and Positivism will be of importance to the work of philosophers, sociologists, political theorists, and historians.
Spencer: Political Writings
Author: Herbert Spencer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521437400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book places Spencer's famous argument for political individualism in his The Man versus the State alongside his early The Proper Sphere of Government, out of which, after due gestation, emerged not only The Man versus the State but also Social Status and his all-embracing theory of evolution. Both are valuable as unyielding statements of anti-state political theory and as sources of perceptive comments on political events of the times. An introduction sets them in their context and examines their main themes. The book will be of interest to both undergraduates and specialists in politics, political theory, social policy, sociology and history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521437400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book places Spencer's famous argument for political individualism in his The Man versus the State alongside his early The Proper Sphere of Government, out of which, after due gestation, emerged not only The Man versus the State but also Social Status and his all-embracing theory of evolution. Both are valuable as unyielding statements of anti-state political theory and as sources of perceptive comments on political events of the times. An introduction sets them in their context and examines their main themes. The book will be of interest to both undergraduates and specialists in politics, political theory, social policy, sociology and history.
Le Play
Author: Michael Brooke
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351309633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
A study and assessment of the career of Frederic Le Play (1806-1882), now recognised as a founder of modern sociology. The main theme consists of a detailed and impartial analysis of Le Play's thoughts on the relationship between society and technology. His contributions to fields other than sociology are also considered.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351309633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
A study and assessment of the career of Frederic Le Play (1806-1882), now recognised as a founder of modern sociology. The main theme consists of a detailed and impartial analysis of Le Play's thoughts on the relationship between society and technology. His contributions to fields other than sociology are also considered.
James Mill: Political Writings
Author: James Mill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521387484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This 1992 volume presents a wide sampling of the political writings and polemical essays of James Mill (1773-1836).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521387484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This 1992 volume presents a wide sampling of the political writings and polemical essays of James Mill (1773-1836).
Auguste Comte: Volume 2
Author: Mary Pickering
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521513251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
This volume explores the life and works of Auguste Comte during the last and most controversial part of his career, the period from 1842 to 1857.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521513251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
This volume explores the life and works of Auguste Comte during the last and most controversial part of his career, the period from 1842 to 1857.
Love, Order, and Progress
Author: Michel Bourdeau
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822983419
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Auguste Comte's doctrine of positivism was both a philosophy of science and a political philosophy designed to organize a new, secular, stable society based on positive or scientific, ideas, rather than the theological dogmas and metaphysical speculations associated with the ancien regime. This volume offers the most comprehensive English-language overview of Auguste Comte's philosophy, the relation of his work to the sciences of his day, and the extensive, continuing impact of his thinking on philosophy and especially secular political movements in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contributors consider Comte’s reasons for establishing a Religion of Humanity as well as his views on domestic life and the arts in his positivist utopia. The volume further details Comte's attempt to apply his "positive method," first to social science and then to politics and morality, thereby defending the continuity of his career while also critically examining the limits of his approach.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822983419
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Auguste Comte's doctrine of positivism was both a philosophy of science and a political philosophy designed to organize a new, secular, stable society based on positive or scientific, ideas, rather than the theological dogmas and metaphysical speculations associated with the ancien regime. This volume offers the most comprehensive English-language overview of Auguste Comte's philosophy, the relation of his work to the sciences of his day, and the extensive, continuing impact of his thinking on philosophy and especially secular political movements in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contributors consider Comte’s reasons for establishing a Religion of Humanity as well as his views on domestic life and the arts in his positivist utopia. The volume further details Comte's attempt to apply his "positive method," first to social science and then to politics and morality, thereby defending the continuity of his career while also critically examining the limits of his approach.
Constant: Political Writings
Author: Benjamin Constant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521316323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This 1988 book is an English translation of the major political works of Benjamin Constant.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521316323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This 1988 book is an English translation of the major political works of Benjamin Constant.
Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists
Author: Michael Gagarin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521437684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Including the works of more than thirty authors, this edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes the origin of human society and law; the nature of justice and good government; the distribution of power among genders and social classes.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521437684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Including the works of more than thirty authors, this edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes the origin of human society and law; the nature of justice and good government; the distribution of power among genders and social classes.
Auguste Comte
Author: Mary Pickering
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781107189836
Category : Philosophy, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume begins to explore the life and works of Auguste Comte during his so-called second career, the controversial period that began in 1842 and lasted until his death. This volume covers the years from 1842 to 1852, when Comte transformed his positive philosophy into a political and religious movement. It represents the first in-depth study of that movement. Focusing on key books, such as the Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme, Mary Pickering connects Comte's intellectual development to the tumultuous historical context and to episodes in his personal life, especially his famous relationship with Clotilde de Vaux. The book examines for the first time why workers, doctors, women, and famous writers, such as John Stuart Mill, George Henry Lewes, and Emile Littré, were drawn to his thought.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781107189836
Category : Philosophy, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume begins to explore the life and works of Auguste Comte during his so-called second career, the controversial period that began in 1842 and lasted until his death. This volume covers the years from 1842 to 1852, when Comte transformed his positive philosophy into a political and religious movement. It represents the first in-depth study of that movement. Focusing on key books, such as the Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme, Mary Pickering connects Comte's intellectual development to the tumultuous historical context and to episodes in his personal life, especially his famous relationship with Clotilde de Vaux. The book examines for the first time why workers, doctors, women, and famous writers, such as John Stuart Mill, George Henry Lewes, and Emile Littré, were drawn to his thought.