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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 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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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Cultural studies

• Full title: Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
• Author: Adam FergusonFania Oz-Salzberger
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322
• EAN: 9780521447362
• ISBN: 0521447364
• ID: 02031193
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 422 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. February 1996

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