Mary Pickering (California San Jose State University)

Auguste Comte: Volume 2

An Intellectual Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the life and works of Auguste Comte from 1842 to 1852, when he transformed his positive philosophy into a religious and political movement. Mary Pickering assesses Comte's intellectual development in its historical context, his correspondence with John Stuart Mill and other luminaries, and his relationship with his muse, Clotilde de Vaux.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 652
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 165mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1004g
• ISBN-13: 9780521513258
• ISBN-10: 0521513251
• Artikelnr.: 25853728

Autorenporträt

Mary Pickering is Professor of History at San Jose State University. The author of Auguste Comte: An Intellectual Biography, Volumes I, II, and III, she has published in Journal of the History of Ideas, Journal of Women's History, Historical Reflections, Revue philosophique, and Revue international de philosophie.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. 1843-1844: the battle against the pedantocracy
2. Tensions in Comte's relationships, 1842-1846
3. Clotilde de Vaux and the initial encounter with Comte
4. The muse's tragic end
5. Pain and recognition
6. The revolution of 1848
7. Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme
8. Personal and professional disappointments
9. The early development of the Religion of Humanity
10. The development of the Positivist Movement
Concluding remarks.