Description: THE PROPHETS OF PARIS Author: Manuel, Frank E. [Turgot] [Condorcet] [Saint-Simon] [Fourier] [Comte] Title: THE PROPHETS OF PARIS Publication: Harvard University Press, 1962 Edition: First Edition Description: Hardcover with Dust Jacket. xiv, 349pp. + B/W frontispiece portraits of all five prophets. 8vo, sewn binding in green cloth, black stamped lettering. Exceedingly clean and sharp with fresh pages and tight binding; DJ price clipped,a bit toned and rubbed around the edges. 'A study of five French thinkers and a school - friends, disciples, enemies — whose works evoke the image of a new age of prophecy. Tur-got, Condorcet, Saint-Simon and the Saint-Simonians, Fourier, and Comte form an unbroken chain of intellectual transmission from the Enlightenment through the first half of the nineteenth century. These men were crisis phil-osophers, system-makers, moralists, magnificent obsessives intoxicated with the future. Mr. Manuel has combined psychological portraiture with philosophical and historical analysis. His fresh reading of underestimated thinkers is based on manuscripts as well as more familiar sources, suggesting new insights. Historians of Marxism will be particularly interested in his interpretation of the social doctrines and philosophies of history; Freudians in his exploration of new attitudes toward love among the Saint-Simonians, Fourier, and Comte; scientists in his description of the imaginative projects of Turgot and Condorcet; students of the varieties of religious experience in his treatment of the Saint-Simonian cult and the Positivist religion. (From the DJ flap.) 'Each of these figures is ac corded a highly sophisticated and compact biographical treat- ment and subsequently personal details are appropriately in jected into the unfolding tale of the intellectual contribution of the thinker. As Professor Manuel proceeds, he compares and contrasts the thinker of the chapter with the men already intro- duced and foreshadows the approaching 'prophet.' The historical context in which the prophets lived is expertly insinuated; so, too, the historical impact of the five men on the thought and practice of our own age. If Professor Manuel's plan appears highly ambitious, it must be immediately stated that its execu tion has been eminently successful.' (Donald J. Harvey review in Political Science Quarterly). FINE / Very Good. Seller ID: 505862 Subject: Philosophy Arches Bookhouse is a brick & mortar bookshop in North Portland, Oregon. We carry good books of all kinds with an emphasis on scholarly humanities books. We are open for browsing Monday-Saturday, 10–5:00. Terms All orders ship within two business days, packaged professionally with care. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Manuel, Frank E. [Turgot] [Condorcet] [Saint-Simon] [Fourier]
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year Printed: 1962
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: Philosophy
Original/Facsimile: Original
