The Passionate Society The Social, Political and Moral Thought of Adam Ferguson /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hill, Lisa (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives internationales d’histoire des idées, 191
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; History.; Political science.; Political philosophy.; Economic history.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociological Theory.; Sociology, general.; History, general.; Political Philosophy.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Political Science.

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...