State of Nature, Stages of Society: Enlightenment Conjectural History and Modern Social Discourse

(Part of the Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History Series)

by Frank Palmeri

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Frank Palmeri sees the conjectural histories of Rousseau, Hume, Herder, and other Enlightenment philosophers as a template for the development of the social sciences in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Without documents or memorials, these thinkers, he argues, employed conjecture to formulate a naturalistic account of society's commercial and secular progression.

Palmeri finds evidence of speculative frameworks in the political...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231175167

ISBN13:9780231175166

Release Date:March 2016

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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State of Nature, Stages of Society: Enlightenment Conjectural History and Modern Social Discourse

(Part of the Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History Series)

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