Montesquieu : pioneer of the sociology of knowledge

Author(s)

• Stark, Werner

Bibliographic Information

Montesquieu : pioneer of the sociology of knowledge

by Werner Stark

（International library of sociology, 10 . Social theory and methodology ; 10）

Routledge, 1998, c1960

Note

Reprint. 1st published in 1960 by Routledge and Kegan Paul

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1998. This is Volume X of twenty-two in the Sociology of Social Theory and Methodology series. Written in 1960, this focuses on Baron de Montesquieu the pioneer of the Sociology of Knowledge and the author's wish to correct the widespread conviction that the sociology of knowledge as a whole, and not only the doctrine of ideology, is the child of revolutionary sentiment.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 The Conquest of Cartesianism
• Chapter 2 Montesquieu's First Sociology of Knowledge
• Chapter 3 The Turn from Rationalism to Realism
• Chapter 4 Montesquieu's Basic Doctrine of Man
• Chapter 5 Montesquieu's Basic Doctrine of Society
• Chapter 6 Montesquieu's Final Sociology of Knowledge: Preliminary Observations
• Chapter 7 The Genesis of Ideas: Some Secondary Factors
• Chapter 8 The Primary Factors
• Chapter 9 The Primary Factors
• Chapter 10 The Problem of the Ultimate Determinant
• Chapter 11 The Problem of the Mode of Determination
• Chapter 12 The Problem of the Degree of Determination
• Chapter 13 The Problem of Absolute Truth

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Details

• NCID: BA34928468
• ISBN:
  • 0415175119
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 214 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC19 : 301.210924
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, 1689-1755
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0019440X