UID:
edoccha_9959148199302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (176 p.)
ISBN:
1-60450-524-9
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1-134-17224-9
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1-282-76845-X
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9786612768453
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0-203-96309-1
Serie:
Key sociologists
Inhalt:
Auguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte's sociology for many years, Mike Gane draws on recent scholarship and presents a new reading of this remarkable figure. Comte's contributions to the history and philosophy of science have decisively influenced positive methodologies. He coined the term 'sociology' and gave it its first content, and he is renowned for having introduced the sociology of gender and emotion into sociology. What is less well known
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. An Introduction to Comte's Ideas; 2. The Comtean Illusion; 3. The Context and Materials of Sociology; 4. The Intimations of Social Science and a New Politics; 5. Comte's Heretical Report on Knowledge; 6. But Why Did Comte Need Sociology?; 7. A Sociological Theory of Modernity; 8. Spiritual Power, Sociology and Humanity; 9. A Second Sociology; 10. Sociologists and the Regime of Fetishes; 11. Comte's Futures; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-38542-3
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-38543-1
Sprache:
Englisch
