Discusses 18th century social theory through the writings of Adam Ferguson, a philosopher and historian during the Scottish Enlightenment. Includes an overview of the history of social thought, along with an analysis of Ferguson's writings from a sociological viewpoint.
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Adam Ferguson and the Beginnings of Modern Sociology
An Analysis of the Sociological Elements in His Writings With some Suggestions as to His Place in the History of Social Theory
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Adam Ferguson and the Beginnings of Modern Sociology
An Analysis of the Sociological Elements in His Writings With some Suggestions as to His Place in the History of Social Theory
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- IntroductorĪ³
- I. Introduction
- II. Historical Background
- Part I. Analysis of Fergusonās Writings from a Sociological View-Point
- A. The Fundamental Approach
- III. The Fact and Foundations of Society
- IV. Social Change and Social Continuity
- V. The Nature of Human Society as Culture
- B. Social Evolution
- VI. The Nature and Course of Social Evolution
- VII. Factors in Social Evolution
- C. Society in its Static Aspects
- VIII. The Organization of Human Relationships
- IX. Language, Science, Art, Literature, Religion in Relation to Society
- D. The Meaning of Society and the Methods of its Study
- Ī§. The Commercial and Political Arts in Relation to Progress and Decay
- XI. Ultimate Values in Human Society
- XII. Methodical Summary
- Part II. Fergusonās Place in the History of Social Theory
- XIII. Origins and Antecedents
- XIV. Among his Contemporaries
- XV. Among his Contemporaries (Continued)
- XVI. Fergusonās Relation to Chief Tendencies of Anglo-American Sociology
- Bibliography
- Index
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