Auguste Comte

Volume 1: An Intellectual Biography

Mary Pickering (Pace University, New York)

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Cambridge University Press
20 April 2006

Biography: historical, political & military; Philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; History of ideas

Series: Auguste Comte Intellectual Biography

This 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.

By: Mary Pickering (Pace University New York)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 138mm
Weight: 1.078kg
ISBN: 9780521025744
ISBN 10: 0521025745
Series: Auguste Comte Intellectual Biography
Pages: 792
Publication Date: 20 April 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Auguste Comte: Volume 1: An Intellectual Biography

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