Rise of Social Theory.
Title:
Rise of Social Theory.
Author:
Heilbron, Johan.
ISBN:
9780816686988
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (326 pages)
Series:
Contradictions
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Rise of Social Theory -- Introduction -- 1 Intellectuals between Academy and Salon -- 2 Conflict over Reason -- 3 French Moralists and the Social Order -- 4 The Construction of Social Theory -- 5 Theoretical Models Compared: France and Scotland -- Part II: From Social Theory to Social Science -- Introduction -- 6 Reform, Revolution and the Napoleonic Era -- 7 Intellectual Transformations around 1800 -- 8 Natural Science and Revolution -- 9 The Literary Opposition -- 10 Models for a Social Science -- Part III: Foundations of Sociology -- Introduction -- 11 The Interrupted Career of Auguste Comte -- 12 Politics, Science and Philosophy -- 13 The Shift to the Theory of Science -- 14 Response and Resistance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
A brilliant account of the origins of social theory and sociology, which provides a vivid portrayal of intellectual culture between the Enlightenment and the age of romanticism. The Rise of Social Theory is a methodologically innovative work, combining social and intellectual history to examine changes in the social sciences, along with the conditions under which these changes occurred. Heilbron discusses the work of early theorists such as Montesquieu and Rousseau, as well as the Scottish moral philosophers. He argues that it was the natural sciences, rather than moral philosophy or natural law, which became the leading intellectual model in the nineteenth century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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