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Adam Ferguson and the Beginnings of Modern Sociology : An Analysis of the Sociological Elements in His Writings With some Suggestions as to His Place in the History of Social Theory / W. C. Lehmann.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 328Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1930]Copyright date: ©1930Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231901789
  • 9780231877442
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introductorγ -- I. Introduction -- II. Historical Background -- Part I. Analysis of Ferguson's Writings from a Sociological View-Point -- A. The Fundamental Approach -- III. The Fact and Foundations of Society -- IV. Social Change and Social Continuity -- V. The Nature of Human Society as Culture -- B. Social Evolution -- VI. The Nature and Course of Social Evolution -- VII. Factors in Social Evolution -- C. Society in its Static Aspects -- VIII. The Organization of Human Relationships -- IX. Language, Science, Art, Literature, Religion in Relation to Society -- D. The Meaning of Society and the Methods of its Study -- Χ. The Commercial and Political Arts in Relation to Progress and Decay -- XI. Ultimate Values in Human Society -- XII. Methodical Summary -- Part II. Ferguson's Place in the History of Social Theory -- XIII. Origins and Antecedents -- XIV. Among his Contemporaries -- XV. Among his Contemporaries (Continued) -- XVI. Ferguson's Relation to Chief Tendencies of Anglo-American Sociology -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Discusses 18th century social theory through the writings of Adam Ferguson, a philosopher and historian during the Scottish Enlightenment. Includes an overview of the history of social thought, along with an analysis of Ferguson's writings from a sociological viewpoint.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introductorγ -- I. Introduction -- II. Historical Background -- Part I. Analysis of Ferguson's Writings from a Sociological View-Point -- A. The Fundamental Approach -- III. The Fact and Foundations of Society -- IV. Social Change and Social Continuity -- V. The Nature of Human Society as Culture -- B. Social Evolution -- VI. The Nature and Course of Social Evolution -- VII. Factors in Social Evolution -- C. Society in its Static Aspects -- VIII. The Organization of Human Relationships -- IX. Language, Science, Art, Literature, Religion in Relation to Society -- D. The Meaning of Society and the Methods of its Study -- Χ. The Commercial and Political Arts in Relation to Progress and Decay -- XI. Ultimate Values in Human Society -- XII. Methodical Summary -- Part II. Ferguson's Place in the History of Social Theory -- XIII. Origins and Antecedents -- XIV. Among his Contemporaries -- XV. Among his Contemporaries (Continued) -- XVI. Ferguson's Relation to Chief Tendencies of Anglo-American Sociology -- Bibliography -- Index

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Discusses 18th century social theory through the writings of Adam Ferguson, a philosopher and historian during the Scottish Enlightenment. Includes an overview of the history of social thought, along with an analysis of Ferguson's writings from a sociological viewpoint.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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