Ensayo sobre la historia de la sociedad civil /
Adam Ferguson ; introducción, traducción y notas de María Isabel Wences Simon.
- 1 online resource.
- Akal Básica de bolsillo ; Serie Clásicos del pensamiento político 207. .
- Básica de bolsillo Akal ; 207. Básica de bolsillo Akal. Serie Clásicos del pensamiento político. .
Includes bibliographical references.
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.