Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society (first published in 1767) is a classic of the Scottish--and European--Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature, Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central themes in Ferguson's theory of citizenship are conflict, play, political participation and military valor. The Essay is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active citizenship in the modern state.
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Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature, this text combines a subtle analysis of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central themes are conflict, play, political participation and military valor.
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Required reading for an otherwise fantastic class. I read most of this book and the prose is so dense, so uninteresting, that whatever useful information there was... yeah, its dull and stupid. There are far better books on civil society out there- stay away.
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I had to purchase this material for a class which was extremely boring but somewhat thought provoking in the end it wasn't worth the money or the class time so much more could've come out of the this piece. I would rather sell this book back to amazon.com if I can
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- The Fable of the Bees: And Other Writings by Bernard Mandeville in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- History of England, Volume 5 by David Hume in Front Matter, and page 190
- Persian Letters by Charles Louis Baron de Montesquieu in Front Matter, and page 42
- The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- History of Scotland: Works of William Robertson by William Robertson in Front Matter, and page 127
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- Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa: Critical Perspectives by John L. Comaroff on 4 pages
- Dissenters and Mavericks: Writings About India in English, 1765-2000 by Margery Sabin on page 32, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Epic and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) by Simon Dentith in Front Matter, page 23, and page 25
- Enlightenment against Empire by Sankar Muthu in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Idea of Civil Society by Adam B. Seligman on page 30, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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