Auguste Comte

This volume continues to explore the life and works of Auguste Comte during his so-called second career. It covers the period from the coup d' tat of Louis Napoleon in late 1851 to Comte's death in 1857. During these early years of the Second Empire, Comte became increasingly conservative and anxious to control his disciples. This study offers the first analysis of the tensions within his movement. Focusing on his second masterpiece, the Syst me de politique positive, and other important books, such as the Synth se subjective, Mary Pickering not only sheds light on Comte's intellectual development but also traces the dissemination of positivism and the Religion of Humanity throughout many parts of the world.

Author: Mary Pickering
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/14/2009
Pages: 682
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780521119146

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2010
New York Review of Books 10/25/2012 pg. 61

About the Author
Pickering, Mary: - Mary Pickering is Professor of History at San Jose State University. The author of Auguste Comte: An Intellectual Biography, Volumes I, II, and III, she has published in Journal of the History of Ideas, Journal of Women's History, Historical Reflections, Revue philosophique, and Revue international de philosophie.