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Discourse and Knowledge: The Making of Enlightenment Sociology

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Discourse and Knowledge: The Making of Enlightenment Sociology - Strydom, Piet
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By closely analysing the contributions of such theorists as More, Hobbes, Vico, Montesquieu, Ferguson and Millar to the emergence of sociology in its original form, Piet Strydom follows the discursive construction of sociology in the context of the society-wide early modern practical discourse about violence and rights. Parallels with the nineteenth- and twentieth-century discourse on poverty and justice and the contemporary discourse of risk and responsibility allow the author to reflect not only on the generation of ...

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Discourse and Knowledge: The Making of Enlightenment Sociology 2000, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool

ISBN-13: 9780853238157

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Discourse and Knowledge: The Making of Enlightenment Sociology 2000, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool

ISBN-13: 9780853238058

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