Comte: Early Political Writings
Comte: Early Political Writings
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Summary
The historical significance of Auguste Comte's early writings is explored in Stuart Jones's substantial introduction, which explains the origins and development of Comte's ideas. Other scholarly apparatus include a chronology, biographical details of key figures, and a bibliographical note, making this edition fully accessible to students of nineteenth-century political thought.
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Comte: Early Political Writings by Auguste Comte
The historical significance of Auguste Comte's early writings is explored in Stuart Jones's substantial introduction, which explains the origins and development of Comte's ideas. Other scholarly apparatus include a chronology, biographical details of key figures, and a bibliographical note, making this edition fully accessible to students of nineteenth-century political thought.
'Stuart Jones has done us a service by making these texts readily available once againhe has had the courage and the tenacity to produce an excellent new English version of Comte's text. History of Political Thought
Stuart Jones is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Manchester. He has written widely on British and French intellectual history and political thought, chiefly of the nineteenth century. His books include The French State in Question (Cambridge, 1993), Victorian Political Thought (2000), and Intellect and Character in Victorian England: Mark Pattison and the Invention of the Don (Cambridge, 2007). He also edited Comte's Early Political Writings for the Cambridge Texts in Political Thought series (Cambridge, 1998). He is currently Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (2008–9).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521469234 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521469236 |
| Title | Comte: Early Political Writings |
| Author | Auguste Comte |
| Series | Cambridge Texts In The History Of Political Thought |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1998-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |