书目名称 | The Passionate Society | 副标题 | The Social, Politica | 编辑 | Lisa Hill | 视频video | | 概述 | Only general reader on Ferguson since 1965.Exhaustive treatment of his social science, including his moral philosophy, historiography and political thought.Shows where Ferguson stands in terms of the | 丛书名称 | International Archives of the History of Ideas‘ Archives internationales d‘histoire des idées | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .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. ..Ferguson is distinguished by his deep appreciation of the complexity of the human condition; his study of society is based on the belief that it is not only reason, but the unseen, unplanned, sub-rational and visceral forces that keep the human universe in motion. Ferguson’s appreciation of this fact, and his ability to make soci | 出版日期 | Book 2006 | 关键词 | Adam Ferguson; Civic Humanism; Corruption; Progress; Spontaneous Order; Theodicy; morality; politics | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3890-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-90-481-6991-7 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-3890-7Series ISSN 0066-6610 Series E-ISSN 2215-0307 | issn_series | 0066-6610 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006 |
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