Sivilasjonens sårbarhet David Humes analyse av samfunnsmessig utvikling
The book describes and interprets the Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume's theory of the basis of a society's development from barbarism to civilization and for the maintenance of a civilized society. An analysis of the development and maintenance of civilization should, accordi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | Norwegian |
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Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget)
2017
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| Summary: | The book describes and interprets the Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume's theory of the basis of a society's development from barbarism to civilization and for the maintenance of a civilized society. An analysis of the development and maintenance of civilization should, according to Hume, be conducted along three dimensions, a political, an economic and one concerning civil society. Therefore, the three main parts of the book analyses Hume's treatment of these three social spheres. Hume's example of a successful development from barbarism to civilization is England, but he also means that an analysis of English past and present will yield a more general understanding of civilizing processes. However, even civilized societies contain disintegrating forces and therefore potentials for regression to non-civilized conditions. An example would be radicalized political and religious ideologies. The sources are mainly Hume's The History of England and his many essays on contemporary English conditions |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (98 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9788215029412-2017 9788215029412 9788215029429 |
| Access: | Open Access |