[DOWNLOAD] "Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society" by Adam Ferguson & Fania Oz-Salzberger # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society
- Author : Adam Ferguson & Fania Oz-Salzberger
- Release Date : January 01, 1996
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1263 KB
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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 offers a complex model of historical advance which challenges both Hume's and Smith's embrace of modernity and the primitivism of Rousseau. Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of the emergence of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central to Ferguson's theory of citizenship are the themes of conflict, play, political participation and military valour. The Essay is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active, virtuous citizenship and apply it to the modern state.