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.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
1998 |
Editors: |
Gertrud Lenzer
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
530 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-51903-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-51903-0 |
Barcode: |
9781138519039 |
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