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Wernick, Andrew

 
9780521023627: Auguste Comte Religion of Humanity: The Post-theistic Program of French Social Theory
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ISBN 10 : 0521023629 ISBN 13 : 9780521023627
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This 2001 book offers an exciting reinterpretation of Auguste Comte, the founder of French sociology. Following the development of his philosophy of positivism, Comte later focused on the importance of the emotions in his philosophy resulting in the creation of a new religious system, the Religion of Humanity. Andrew Wernick provides the first in-depth critique of Comte's concept of religion and its place in his thinking on politics, sociology and philosophy of science. He places Comte's ideas in the context of post-1789 French political and intellectual history, and of modern philosophy, especially postmodernism. Wernick relates Comte to Marx and Nietzsche as seminal figures of modernity and examines key features of modern and postmodern French social theory, tracing the inherent flaws and disintegration of Comte's system. Wernick offers original and fascinating insights in this rich study which will attract a wide audience from sociologists and philosophers to cultural theorists and historians.

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À propos de l'auteur

Andrew Wernick is Professor of Cultural Studies and Sociology at Trent University, Ontario, Canada. He is Director of the Center for the Study of Theory, Culture and Politics, and Director of the Graduate Program in Methodologies for the Study of Western History and Culture. His publications include Promotional Culture (1991), Shadow of Spirit: Religion and Postmodernism (with P Berry, 1993) and Images of Ageing (with M Featherstone, 1994).

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521023629
ISBN 13 
9780521023627
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
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9780521662727: Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity: The Post-theistic Program of French Social Theory

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ISBN 10 :  0521662729 ISBN 13 :  9780521662727
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2001
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