Adam Ferguson and the Beginnings of Modern Sociology : : An Analysis of the Sociological Elements in His Writings With some Suggestions as to His Place in the History of Social Theory / / W. C. Lehmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Lehmann, W. C.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1930]; ©1930
• Year of Publication: 1930
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 328
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Table of Contents --; Introductorγ --; I. Introduction --; II. Historical Background --; Part I. Analysis of Ferguson's Writings from a Sociological View-Point --; A. The Fundamental Approach --; III. The Fact and Foundations of Society --; IV. Social Change and Social Continuity --; V. The Nature of Human Society as Culture --; B. Social Evolution --; VI. The Nature and Course of Social Evolution --; VII. Factors in Social Evolution --; C. Society in its Static Aspects --; VIII. The Organization of Human Relationships --; IX. Language, Science, Art, Literature, Religion in Relation to Society --; D. The Meaning of Society and the Methods of its Study --; Χ. The Commercial and Political Arts in Relation to Progress and Decay --; XI. Ultimate Values in Human Society --; XII. Methodical Summary --; Part II. Ferguson's Place in the History of Social Theory --; XIII. Origins and Antecedents --; XIV. Among his Contemporaries --; XV. Among his Contemporaries (Continued) --; XVI. Ferguson's Relation to Chief Tendencies of Anglo-American Sociology --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231877442; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/lehm90178
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: W. C. Lehmann.

Discusses 18th century social theory through the writings of Adam Ferguson, a philosopher and historian during the Scottish Enlightenment. Includes an overview of the history of social thought, along with an analysis of Ferguson's writings from a sociological viewpoint.