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

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

Name: Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity: The Post-Theistic Program of French Social Theory
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ISBN: 9780521662727

By: Andrew Wernick

Cambridge Bibles / 2001 / Hardcover

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Title: Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity: The Post-Theistic Program of French Social Theory
By: Andrew Wernick
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 290
Vendor: Cambridge Bibles
Publication Date: 2001

Dimensions: 9.20 X 6.20 X 0.90 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 5 ounces
ISBN: 0521662729
ISBN-13: 9780521662727
Stock No: WW662727

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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.