UID:
almafu_9960119297902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxxv, 283 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-77660-0
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1-107-77901-4
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0-511-80659-0
Serie:
Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Inhalt:
Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society (first published in 1767) is a classic of the Scottish - and European - Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature, Ferguson offers a complex model of historical advance which challenges both Hume's and Smith's embrace of modernity and the primitivism of Rousseau. Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of the emergence of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central to Ferguson's theory of citizenship are the themes of conflict, play, political participation and military valour. The Essay is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active, virtuous citizenship and apply it to the modern state.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Part I. Of the general characteristics of human nature --- Part II. Of the history of rude nations --- Part III. Of the history of policy and arts --- Part IV. Of the consequences that result from advancement of civil and commercial arts --- Part V. Of the decline of nations --- Part VI. Of corruption and political slavery.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-44736-4
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-44215-X
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511806599
