Sivilasjonens sårbarhet : David Humes analyse av samfunnsmessig utvikling / Petter Nafstad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nafstad, Petter, author.

Language:

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Hume, David.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (98 p.)

Other Title:

Sivilisasjonens sårbarhet

Sivilasjonens sårbarhet

Place of Publication:

Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) 2017

[Place of publication not identified] : Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget), 2017.

Language Note:

Norwegian

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

Contents:

Sammendrag

Forkortelser

Innledning

Kapittel I: Humes politiske analyse - autoritet, tilslutning og balanse

Kapittel II: Fra statsøkonomi til nasjonaløkonomi. Humes politiske økonomi

Kapittel III: Det sosiokulturelle systemet - koder for atferd og samhandling

Avslutning

Litteratur.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

82-15-02941-8