Montesquieu: Pioneer of the Sociology of KnowledgeFirst 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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