176 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Auguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte’s sociology for many years, Mike Gane draws on recent scholarship and presents a new reading of this remarkable figure.
Comte’s contributions to the history and philosophy of science have decisively influenced positive... Read more
1. An Introduction to Comte’s Ideas 2. The Comtean Illusion 3. The Context and Materials of Sociology 4. The Intimations of Social Science and a New Politics 5. Comte’s Heretical Report on Knowledge 6. But Why did Comte Need Sociology? 7. A Sociological Theory of Modernity 8. A Second Sociology 9. Spiritual Supra-State Power, Sociology and Humanity 10. Sociologists and the Regime of the Fetishes 11. Comte’s Futures
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Gane, Mike
