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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      05 November 1998
      ISBN:
      9781139170833
      9780521465113
      9780521469234
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139170833
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 292 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.41kg, 292 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social Theory, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, Sociology, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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    Subjects:
    Social Theory, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, Sociology, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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    This edition of the French philosopher Auguste Comte's (1798–1857) early essays shows Comte at the heart of the political and intellectual debates of Restoration France. The young Comte forged the central features of his philosophical system in response to the central challenge of the 1820s - how to find a new foundation for political legitimacy and thus to 'close' the revolutionary era. Stuart Jones's introduction to this new edition shows how Comte grappled with problems that confronted liberals and counter-revolutionaries alike, and identifies the novelty of his solution. The essays presented in this edition reveal the systematizing character of Comte's intellect, which lay at the root of his enormous appeal to nineteenth-century readers. In addition to the substantial introduction, this volume contains a chronology, biographical information on key figures, and a bibliographical note making this an accessible volume highly suitable for undergraduate use.

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    ‘Stuart Jones has done us a service by making these texts readily available once again. he has had the courage and the tenacity to produce an excellent new English version of Comte’s text.

    Source: History of Political Thought

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