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dc.contributor.authorGane, Mike
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-21 13:50:56
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:54:51Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T09:54:51Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier1005829
dc.identifierOCN: 476179781en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24302
dc.description.abstractAuguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte’s sociology for many years, Mike Gane draws on recent scholarship and presents a new reading of this remarkable figure. Comte’s contributions to the history and philosophy of science have decisively influenced positive methodologies. He coined the term ‘sociology’ and gave it its first content, and he is renowned for having introduced the sociology of gender and emotion into sociology. What is less well known however, is that Comte contributed to ethics, and indeed coined the word ‘altruism’. In this important work Gane examines Comte's sociological vision and shows that, because he thought sociology could and should be reflexive, encyclopaedic and utopian, he considered topics such as fetishism, polytheism, fate, love, and the relations between sociology, science, theology and culture. This fascinating account of the birth of sociology is an unprecedented introductory text on Comte. Gane’s work is an essential read for all sociologists and students of the discipline.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesKey Sociologists
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: generalen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statisticsen_US
dc.subject.othercomtes
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dc.subject.othermetaphysical
dc.subject.otherstate
dc.subject.otherpositive
dc.subject.otherphilosophy
dc.subject.otheranalysis
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dc.subject.otherspiritual
dc.subject.otherpower
dc.titleAuguste Comte
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9780203963098
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb
oapen.relation.isbn9780415385435;9780415385428;9781134172245;9781134172238;9781134172191
oapen.identifier.ocn476179781


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