Author: Adam FERGUSON (LL.D.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Author: Adam Ferguson
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
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Author: Adam FERGUSON (LL.D.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 486

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Author: Adam Ferguson
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Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Author: Adam FERGUSON (LL.D.)
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Languages : en
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Author: Adam Ferguson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Author: Adam Ferguson
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Author: Adam Ferguson
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Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Author: Adam Ferguson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521447362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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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.