Ensayo sobre la historia de la sociedad civil /
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 chall...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Tres Cantos, Madrid, España :
Ediciones Akal, S.A.,
[2012]
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| Series: | Básica de bolsillo Akal ;
207. Básica de bolsillo Akal. Serie Clásicos del pensamiento político. |
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| Online Access: | Digitalia Hispánica |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9788446036043 8446036045 |