Auguste Comte / Mike Gane.

Author/creator Gane, Mike
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Descriptionxv, 158 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesKey sociologists
Key sociologists (Routledge (Firm)) ^A530523
Contents An introduction to Comte's ideas -- The Comtean illusion -- The context and materials of sociology -- The intimations of social science and a new politics -- Comte's heretical report on knowledge -- But why did Comte need sociology? -- A sociological theory of modernity -- Spiritual power, sociology and humanity -- A second sociology -- Sociologists and the regime of the fetishes -- Comte's futures.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [143]-153) and index.
LCCN 2006004010
ISBN0415385431 (hbk.)
ISBN0415385423 (pbk.)