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The Passionate Society

The Passionate Society

Lisa Hill

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2010
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Historia
ISBN:
9789048169917
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Legend. Acknowledgements. Dedication.- Introduction: The Passionate Society.- Reading Ferguson.- Ferguson’s Theology/ Ontology.- Method and Historiography.- Ferguson’s Faculty and Moral Psychology.- Ferguson’s ’Invisible Hand’.- Ferguson’s Early Conflict Theory.- Habit.- The Environment.- Corruption and Problems of Modernity.- Progress and Decline.- Ferguson’s Conservatism.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

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