{"product_id":"auguste-comte-volume-1-an-intellectual-biography-paperback-9780521025744","title":"Auguste Comte: Volume 1; An Intellectual Biography (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521025744","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAuguste Comte: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Intellectual Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first volume of a two-volume intellectual biography of Auguste Comte, the founder of modern sociology and positivism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Pickering (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521025744, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 April 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e792 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.5 x 13.8 cm, 1.078 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A notable feature of this magnificent book is the illuminating way in which Mary Pickering relates the life-struggles of Comte with the development of his ideas.' I. Bernard Cohen, Harvard University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book constitutes the first volume of a two-volume intellectual biography of Auguste Comte, the founder of modern sociology and a philosophical movement called positivism. Volume One offers a reinterpretation of Comte's 'first career' (1798–1842), when he completed the scientific foundation of his philosophy. It describes the interplay between Comte's ideas and the historical context of post-revolutionary France, his struggles with poverty and mental illness, and his volatile relationships with friends, family and colleagues, including such famous contemporaries as Saint-Simon, the Saint-Simonians, Guizot and John Stuart Mill. Pickering shows that the man who called for a new social philosophy based on the sciences was not only ill at ease in the most basic human relationships, but also profoundly questioned the ability of the purely scientific spirit to regenerate the political and social world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The early years\u003cbr\u003e 2. The life and works of Saint-Simon up to 1817\u003cbr\u003e 3. Comte's first works for Saint-Simon\u003cbr\u003e 4. Comte's growing independence, 1819–21\u003cbr\u003e 5. The fundamental opuscule and Comte's rupture with Saint-Simon\u003cbr\u003e 6. The aftermath of the rupture\u003cbr\u003e the search for connections\u003cbr\u003e 7. Comte's efforts to establish himself\u003cbr\u003e 8. Intellectual and mental crises\u003cbr\u003e 9. The road to recovery, 1828–30\u003cbr\u003e 10. Years of success and  confrontation, 1830–8\u003cbr\u003e 11. Comte's changing psyche and aberrant behavior, 1838–40\u003cbr\u003e 12. The encounter between two luminaries: Comte and Mill\u003cbr\u003e 13. 1842: a turning point\u003cbr\u003e 14. Cours de philosophie positive: positivism and the natural sciences\u003cbr\u003e 15. Cours de philosophie positive\u003cbr\u003e sociology\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005894611224,"sku":"9780521025744","price":41.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521025744i_389f4607-9334-4c04-9e98-0a2fec6e2f4a.jpg?v=1694964657","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/auguste-comte-volume-1-an-intellectual-biography-paperback-9780521025744","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}