Adam Ferguson His Social And Political Thought

Author : David Kettler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351534062

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Adam Ferguson by David Kettler Pdf

The thought of Adam Ferguson generated great excitement among many of his philosophic contemporaries in the late eighteenth century, and it continues to inspire the modern reader. This major study by David Kettler is an ideal introduction to Ferguson's life and thought. The new introduction to this first paperback edition discusses Ferguson's work in relation to his better-known contemporaries David Hume and Adam Smith, while the afterword offers an in-depth reconsideration of Ferguson's most renowned work, An Essay on the History of Civil Society, with emphasis on present-day disputes about the concept of civil society. Ferguson welcomed the advent of critical and analytical philosophy as an ally against superstitious credulity and confused obscurantism, but he was afraid that it might also dissolve into incomprehensible technical complexity and ethical relativism. He was attracted by the manifest practical accomplishments of modern science, as well as by its masterful ordering of natural phenomena into a unified theoretical structure, but he feared that its adherents would debase the notion of man to that of a machine at the mercy of mechanical forces. Ferguson thought well of ambition, but he also believed that a frenzy of ambition and frustration might tear at man's self-respect and peace of mind. The decisive phenomenon manifested by Ferguson's writing is the emergence of an intellectual's point of view toward the conditions of modern society. Many of the questions that he posed have been restated in more profound ways, some of the questions and most of the answers have been eliminated or transformed beyond recognition; and all of the issues he raises are now expressed by others in harsh, new words. But, however formulated, Ferguson's concerns clearly foreshadow the problems of over-rationalization, dehumanization, atomization, alienation, and bureaucratization that have been repeatedly canvassed by intellectuals in our time.

Author : Lisa Hill
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402038907

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The Passionate Society by Lisa Hill Pdf

Adam Ferguson (1723-1816) was a major figure of the Scottish Enlightenment whose thought was, in many respects, original and distinctive. This book is a study of his ideas and of the intellectual forces that shaped them. Though somewhat overlooked in the nineteenth century, Ferguson was rescued from obscurity in the first half of the twentieth century by scholars interested in the origins of sociology and early critiques of modernity. Ferguson’s interest in the mechanics of social life and especially social change led him to many groundbreaking insights. In fact, he is sometimes identified as the 'Father of Modern Sociology'. In addition to exploring whether or not he merits this title, this study examines the whole of Ferguson’s thought as a system and includes his moral and faculty psychology, historiography, theology, politics and social science. Ferguson is distinguished by his deep appreciation of the complexity of the human condition; his study of society is based on the belief that it is not only reason, but the unseen, unplanned, sub-rational and visceral forces that keep the human universe in motion. Ferguson’s appreciation of this fact, and his ability to make social science of it, is his major achievement.

Author : Eugene Heath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317315346

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Adam Ferguson: Philosophy, Politics and Society by Eugene Heath Pdf

Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains a set of essays that analyse Ferguson's philosophical, political and sociological writings and the discourse which they prompted between Ferguson and other important figures.

Author : David Kettler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4354272

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The Social and Political Thought of Adam Ferguson by David Kettler Pdf

Author : Adam Ferguson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0521447364

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Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society by Adam Ferguson Pdf

Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society (first published in 1767) is a classic of the Scottish - and European - Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature, Ferguson offers a complex model of historical advance which challenges both Hume's and Smith's embrace of modernity and the primitivism of Rousseau. Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of the emergence of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central to Ferguson's theory of citizenship are the themes of conflict, play, political participation and military valour. The Essay is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active, virtuous citizenship and apply it to the modern state.

Author : Eugene Heath,Vincenzo Merolle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317315360

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Adam Ferguson: History, Progress and Human Nature by Eugene Heath,Vincenzo Merolle Pdf

Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains essays that range across all of Ferguson's works to investigate his engagement with contemporary events and his contributions to our understanding of history and human action.

Author : Iain McDaniel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674075283

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Adam Ferguson in the Scottish Enlightenment by Iain McDaniel Pdf

Although overshadowed by his contemporaries Adam Smith and David Hume, the Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson strongly influenced eighteenth-century currents of political thought. A major reassessment of this neglected figure, Adam Ferguson in the Scottish Enlightenment: The Roman Past and Europe’s Future sheds new light on Ferguson as a serious critic, rather than an advocate, of the Enlightenment belief in liberal progress. Unlike the philosophes who looked upon Europe’s growing prosperity and saw confirmation of a utopian future, Ferguson saw something else: a reminder of Rome’s lesson that egalitarian democracy could become a self-undermining path to dictatorship. Ferguson viewed the intrinsic power struggle between civil and military authorities as the central dilemma of modern constitutional governments. He believed that the key to understanding the forces that propel nations toward tyranny lay in analysis of ancient Roman history. It was the alliance between popular and militaristic factions within the Roman republic, Ferguson believed, which ultimately precipitated its downfall. Democratic forces, intended as a means of liberation from tyranny, could all too easily become the engine of political oppression—a fear that proved prescient when the French Revolution spawned the expansionist wars of Napoleon. As Iain McDaniel makes clear, Ferguson’s skepticism about the ability of constitutional states to weather pervasive conditions of warfare and emergency has particular relevance for twenty-first-century geopolitics. This revelatory study will resonate with debates over the troubling tendency of powerful democracies to curtail civil liberties and pursue imperial ambitions.

Author : Eugene Heath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317315339

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Adam Ferguson: Philosophy, Politics and Society by Eugene Heath Pdf

Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains a set of essays that analyse Ferguson's philosophical, political and sociological writings and the discourse which they prompted between Ferguson and other important figures.

Author : Adam Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1767
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z180892504

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An Essay on the History of Civil Society by Adam Ferguson Pdf

Author : Craig Smith
Publisher : EUP
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1474474535

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Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society by Craig Smith Pdf

Craig Smith explores Ferguson's thought and examines his attempt to develop a genuine moral science and its place in providing a secure basis for the virtuous education of the new elite of Hanoverian Britain. The Ferguson that emerges is much closer to the mainstream of the Scottish Enlightenment than previous studies have suggested.

Author : Adam Ferguson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 052144215X

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Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society by Adam Ferguson Pdf

Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society (first published in 1767) is a classic of the Scottish--and European--Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature, Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central themes in Ferguson's theory of citizenship are conflict, play, political participation and military valor. The Essay is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active citizenship in the modern state.

Author : Eugene Heath
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781845404437

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Adam Ferguson by Eugene Heath Pdf

A philosopher and historian, Adam Ferguson occupies a unique place within eighteenth-century Scottish thought. Distinguished by a moral and historical bent, his work is framed within a teleological outlook that upholds the importance of action and virtue.

Author : Craig Smith
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474413282

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Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society by Craig Smith Pdf

Adam Ferguson, a friend of David Hume and Adam Smith, was among the leading Scottish Enlightenment figures who worked to develop a science of man. He created a methodology for moral science that combined empirically based social theory with normative moralising. He was among the first in the English-speaking world to make use of the terms civilization, civil society and political science. Craig Smith explores Ferguson's thought, and examines his attempt to develop a genuine moral science and its place in providing a secure basis for the virtuous education of the new elite of Hanoverian Britain. The Ferguson that emerges is far from the stereotyped image of a republican sceptical about commercial society and much closer to the mainstream of the Scottish Enlightenment and its defence of the new British commercial order.

Author : Eugene Heath,Vincenzo Merolle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317315377

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Adam Ferguson: History, Progress and Human Nature by Eugene Heath,Vincenzo Merolle Pdf

Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains essays that range across all of Ferguson's works to investigate his engagement with contemporary events and his contributions to our understanding of history and human action.

Author : Smith Craig Smith
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 9781474413299

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Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society by Smith Craig Smith Pdf

Adam Ferguson, a friend of David Hume and Adam Smith, was among the leading Scottish Enlightenment figures who worked to develop a science of man. He created a methodology for moral science that combined empirically based social theory with normative moralising. He was among the first in the English-speaking world to make use of the terms civilization, civil society and political science. Craig Smith explores Ferguson's thought, and examines his attempt to develop a genuine moral science and its place in providing a secure basis for the virtuous education of the new elite of Hanoverian Britain. The Ferguson that emerges is far from the stereotyped image of a republican sceptical about commercial society and much closer to the mainstream of the Scottish Enlightenment and its defence of the new British commercial order.