Auguste Comte and the Religion of Humanity: The Post-Theistic Program of French Social Theory

This book offers an exciting reinterpretation of Auguste Comte, the founder of French sociology. Andrew Wernick provides the first in-depth critique of Comte's concept of religion and its place in his thinking on politics, sociology and philosophy of science. He places Comte's ideas within the context of post-1789 French political and intellectual history, and of modern philosophy, especially postmodernism. Wernick relates Comte to Marx and Nietzsche as seminal figures of modernity and examines key features of modern and postmodern French social theory, tracing the inherent flaws and disintegration of Comte's system.

Author: Andrew Wernick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/30/2001
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521662727

About the Author
Wernick, Andrew: - Andrew Wernick is Professor of Cultural Studies and Sociology at Trent University, Ontario, Canada. He is Director of the Center for the Study of Theory, Culture and Politics, and Director of the Graduate Program in Methodologies for the Study of Western History and Culture. His publications include Promotional Culture (1991), Shadow of Spirit: Religion and Postmodernism (with P Berry, 1993) and Images of Ageing (with M Featherstone, 1994).

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