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Social Science and the Ignoble Savage: Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics

Autor Ronald L. Meek
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 feb 2011
This 1976 book is concerned with the emergence, in the latter half of the eighteenth century, of a new theory of socio-economic development, based on the idea that the key factor in the developmental process was the way in which men made their living. Professor Meek traces the prehistory of the four stages theory, from its emergence with French and Scottish Enlightenment thinkers to its modification by critics and revisionists. He argues the theory was shaped by literature about savage societies, especially American Indian. It is well known that contemporary notions of savagery influenced eighteenth-century social science by generating a critique of society through the idea of the noble savage. It is not so well known, however, that they also stimulated the emergence of a new theory of the development of society through the idea of the ignoble savage. This is Professor Meek's main theme.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521143295
ISBN-10: 0521143292
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. The four stages theory and its prehistory; 2. 'In the beginning all the World was America'; 3. The French pioneers of the 1750s; 4. The Scottish pioneers of the 1750s; 5. The ignoble savage and 'the history of rude nations'; 6. Revisionists, poets, and economists; Afterword; Index.

Descriere

Professor Meek traces the prehistory of the four stages theory, with emphasis on the influence of literature about savage societies.