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1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Columbia Studies in Political Thought, Political History
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Columbia studies in political thought/political history.
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| Contents |
Conjectural history : the Enlightenment form -- Political economy and the question of progress -- Comte, Spencer, and the science of society -- The origins of culture and of anthropology -- Darwin, Nietzsche, and the prehistory of the human -- The social psychology of religion -- Novels as conjectural histories -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Enlightenment conjectural histories -- Appendix 2: Hegel, history, and conjecture -- Appendix 3: Were conjectural histories racist? |
| Summary |
Frank Palmeri sees the conjectural histories of Rousseau, Hume, Herder, and other Enlightenment philosophers as a template for the development of the social sciences in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Without documents or memorials, these thinkers employed conjecture to formulate a naturalistic account of society's commercial and secular progression. This approach informs the work of political economists, anthropologists, sociologists, and sociologists of religion, and its speculative framework creats a surprising ambivalence toward modernity. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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History -- Philosophy. |
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Enlightenment.
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Enlightenment. |
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Social history -- Philosophy.
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Social history -- Philosophy. |
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Progress -- Philosophy.
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Progress -- Philosophy. |
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Progress. |
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Commerce -- Philosophy.
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Commerce -- Philosophy. |
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Commerce. |
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Religion and sociology -- Philosophy.
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Religion and sociology. |
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Philosophy. |
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Prediction (Logic)
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Prediction (Logic) |
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Imaginary histories.
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Imaginary histories. |
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Social sciences -- History.
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Social sciences. |
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History. |
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Palmeri, Frank. State of nature, stages of society. New York : Columbia University Press, [2016] 9780231175166 (DLC) 2015015131 (OCoLC)927141203 |
| ISBN |
9780231541282 (electronic book) |
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0231541287 (electronic book) |
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9780231175166 |
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0231175167 |
| Standard No. |
12892146 |
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