Auguste Comte / Mike Gane.

By:

Gane, Mike [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Key sociologistsPublisher: 2006Description: xv, 158 pages : illustrations, 21cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780415385428(pbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographies

DDC classification:

22 301.092 GAN 021644

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	301.092 GAN 021644 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021644

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index.

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.

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