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The passionate society : the social, political and moral thought of Adam Ferguson
- Title
- The passionate society : the social, political and moral thought of Adam Ferguson / Lisa Hill.
- Author
- Hill, Lisa, 1961-
- Publication
- Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, ©2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | B1417 .H55 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 275 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was a major figure of the Scottish Enlightenment whose thought was, in many respects, original and distinctive. This book is a study of his ideas and of the intellectual forces that shaped them." "Though somewhat overlooked in the nineteenth century, Ferguson was rescued from obscurity in the first half of the twentieth century by scholars interested in the origins of sociology and early critiques of modernity. Ferguson's interest in the mechanics of social life and especially social change led him to many groundbreaking insights. In fact, he is sometimes identified as the 'Father of Modern Sociology'. In addition to exploring whether or not he merits this title, this study examines the whole of Ferguson's thought as a system and includes his moral and faculty psychology, historiography, theology, politics and social science."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Archives internationales d' histoire des idees = International archives of the history of ideas ; 191
- Uniform Title
- Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 191.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-269) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the passionate society -- Reading Ferguson -- Ferguson's theology/ontology -- Method and historiography -- Ferguson's faculty and moral psychology -- Ferguson's "invisible hand" -- Ferguson's early conflilct theory -- Habit -- The environment -- Corruption and problems of modernity -- Progress and decline -- Ferguson's conservatism.
- ISBN
- 1402038895
- 9781402038891
- 1402038909
- 9781402038907
- LCCN
- 2007476121
- OCLC
- ocm63787884
- 63787884
- SCSB-9482291
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library