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The rise of social theory /

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 chan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heilbron, Johan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 1995.
Colección:Contradictions of modernity ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 l.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-308) and index.
ISBN:9780745667027
0745667023
9780816686988
081668698X