TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gane,Mike
TI  - Auguste Comte / 
T2  - Key sociologists
SN  - 9780415385428(pbk.)
U1  - 301.092 GAN 22
PY  - 2006///
KW  - Comte, Auguste, 
KW  - Sociology
KW  - History
KW  - Sociologists
KW  - Biography.
KW  - France
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index.; An introduction to Comte's ideas -- The Comtean illusion -- The context and materials of sociology -- The intimations of social science and a new politics -- Comte's heretical report on knowledge -- But why did Comte need sociology? -- A sociological theory of modernity -- Spiritual power, sociology and humanity -- A second sociology -- Sociologists and the regime of the fetishes -- Comte's futures.

N2  - In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte?s sociology for years, Mike Gane draws on recent scholarship and presents a new reading of this remarkable figure. Gane?s work is an essential read for all sociologists and students.

ER  -