State of nature, stages of society : enlightenment conjectural history and modern social discourse /

Frank Palmeri sees the conjectural histories of Rousseau, Hume, Herder, and other Enlightenment philosophers as a template for the development of the social sciences in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Without documents or memorials, these thinkers employed conjecture to formulate a naturalistic a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmeri, Frank (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Colección:Columbia studies in political thought/political history.
Temas:
History > Philosophy.
Enlightenment.
Social history > Philosophy.
Progress > Philosophy.
Commerce > Philosophy.
Religion and sociology > Philosophy.
Prediction (Logic)
Imaginary histories.
Social sciences > History.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Siècle des Lumières.
Histoire sociale > Philosophie.
Progrès > Philosophie.
Commerce > Philosophie.
Sociologie religieuse > Philosophie.
Prédiction (Logique)
Histoire-fiction.
Sciences sociales > Histoire.
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
Histoire > Philosophie.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
HISTORY > General.
Commerce > Philosophy
Enlightenment
History > Philosophy
Imaginary histories
Progress > Philosophy
Social history > Philosophy
Social sciences
Social sciences > Philosophy
Aufklärung
Sozialwissenschaften
Gesellschaft
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Frank Palmeri sees the conjectural histories of Rousseau, Hume, Herder, and other Enlightenment philosophers as a template for the development of the social sciences in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Without documents or memorials, these thinkers employed conjecture to formulate a naturalistic account of society's commercial and secular progression. This approach informs the work of political economists, anthropologists, sociologists, and sociologists of religion, and its speculative framework creats a surprising ambivalence toward modernity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 370 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231541282
0231541287

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