An Essay on the History of Civil Society
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An Essay on the History of Civil Society is a 1767 work by Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson that analyzes the development of human societies, social institutions, and civic virtue within the broader context of Enlightenment thought.
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| instanceOf |
Enlightenment-era text
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book → philosophical work → |
| author |
Adam Ferguson
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| authorBirthplace |
Perthshire
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| authorNationality |
Scottish
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| centuryOfPublication |
18th century
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| countryOfOrigin |
Scotland
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| genre |
moral philosophy
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political philosophy → social philosophy → |
| hasPart |
account of the rise of political and legal institutions
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analysis of rude and polished nations → critique of excessive commercial refinement → discussion of stages of social development → reflection on national character and manners → |
| historicalContext |
18th-century theories of stadial history
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Scottish Enlightenment debates on progress → |
| influenced |
political thought
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social theory → sociology → theory of civil society → |
| influencedBy |
Scottish moral philosophy
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Stoic philosophy → classical republicanism → natural law theory → |
| language |
English
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| mainTopic |
civic virtue
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commercial society → corruption and luxury → development of human societies → division of labour → freedom and political participation → history of political communities → military spirit and martial virtue → progress of civil society → relationship between barbarism and refinement → social institutions → |
| philosophicalMovement |
Enlightenment
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Scottish Enlightenment → |
| philosophicalTheme |
historical progress and decline
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role of conflict and war in social development → tension between liberty and authority → virtue in modern commercial societies → |
| publicationYear |
1767
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| relatedConcept |
civic humanism
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civil society → commercial society → stadial theory of history → |
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Adam Ferguson
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Scottish Enlightenment
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