Auguste Comte /

Gane, Mike,

Auguste Comte / Mike Gane. - 1 online resource (xv, 158 pages) : illustrations - Key sociologists . - Key sociologists (Routledge (Firm)) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index.

An introduction to Comte's ideas -- The Comtean illusion -- The context and materials of sociology -- The intimations of social science and a new politics -- Comte's heretical report on knowledge -- But why did Comte need sociology? -- A sociological theory of modernity -- Spiritual power, sociology and humanity -- A second sociology -- Sociologists and the regime of the fetishes -- Comte's futures.

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In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte?s sociology for years, Mike Gane draws on recent scholarship and presents a new reading of this remarkable figure. Gane?s work is an essential read for all sociologists and students.


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9780203963098 0203963091 1134172230 9781134172238 9780415385435 0415385431 9780415385428 0415385423

10.4324/9780203963098 doi

9781134172238 Ingram Content Group

2006004010

GBB8C2070 bnb GBB6H6945 bnb

017616307 Uk 018919053 Uk


Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857.
Comte, Auguste, 1798-1857.


Sociology--History.
Sociologists--France--Biography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
Sociologists.
Sociology.


France.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.

HM479.C8 / G36 2006eb

301.092