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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765816703321

Autore

Gane Mike

Titolo

Auguste Comte / / Mike Gane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2017

©2006

ISBN

1-60450-524-9

1-134-17224-9

1-282-76845-X

9786612768453

0-203-96309-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Key sociologists

Disciplina

301.092

Soggetti

Sociology - History

Sociologists - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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