Author: Ferguson, Adam.
Title: Abhandlung über die Geschichte der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft [= Essay on the History of Civil Society].
Description: Aus dem englischen Original (7. Aufl. 1814) ins Deutsche übertragen von Valentine Dorn ; und eingeleitet von Heinrich Waentig. Jena : Gustav Fischer, 1923. Paperback. viii,394 pp. (Sammlung sozialwissenschaftlicher Meister ; 2). 19 cm. Unopened copy. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. German translation of : Essay on the History of Civil Society. the most influental work of Adam Ferguson. a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, who has been called the father of modern sociology. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community.

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