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An essay on the history of civil society
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"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 an...
"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." -- Publisher description.
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- Adam Ferguson ; edited by Fania Oz-Salzberger
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- English
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995
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- xxxv, 283 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780511806599, 0521447364, 9780521442152, 052144215X, 9780521447362
- OCLC
- ocm31970819
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Part I. Of the general characteristics of human nature --- Part II. Of the history of rude nations --- Part III. Of the history of policy and arts --- Part IV. Of the consequences that result from advancement of civil and commercial arts --- Part V. Of the decline of nations --- Part VI. Of corruption and political slavery