Montesquieu: Pioneer of the Sociology of Knowledge

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Psychology Press, 1998 - Philosophy - 214 pages
First published in 1998. This is Volume X of twenty-two in the Sociology of Social Theory and Methodology series. Written in 1960, this focuses on Baron de Montesquieu the pioneer of the Sociology of Knowledge and the author's wish to correct the widespread conviction that the sociology of knowledge as a whole, and not only the doctrine of ideology, is the child of revolutionary sentiment.
 

Contents

SOME SECONDARY FACTORS
86
THE PROBLEM OF THE ULTIMATE DETERMINANT
143
THE PROBLEM OF THE MODE OF DETERMINATION
155
THE PROBLEM OF THE DEGREE OF DETERMINA
163
THE PROBLEM OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH
181
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