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Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity|Andrew Wernick

Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity : The Post-Theistic Program of French Social Theory

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This book offers an exciting reinterpretation of Auguste Comte, the founder of French sociology. Andrew Wernick provides the first in-depth critique of Comte's concept of religion and its place in his thinking on politics, sociology and philosophy of science. He places Comte's ideas within the context of post-1789 French political and intellectual history, and of modern philosophy, especially postmodernism. Wernick relates Comte to Marx and Nietzsche as seminal figures of modernity and examines key features of modern and postmodern French social theory, tracing the inherent flaws and disintegration of Comte's system.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780521662727
  • ISBN-10: 0521662729
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: April 2001
  • Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Page Count: 290

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