Books in the Auguste Comte Intellectual Biography series

The first volume of a two-volume intellectual biography of Auguste Comte, the founder of modern sociology and positivism.

This volume explores the life and works of Auguste Comte from 1852 to 1857. Focusing on the Systeme de politique positive, Mary Pickering connects Comte's intellectual development to the history of the Second Empire and to tensions within the positivist movement. She also examines Comte's impact around the world.