Ferguson, Adam

Ferguson, Adam
(1724-1816)
Though less revered as a philosopher than his fellow luminary of the Scottish Enlightenment , David Hume , Ferguson has a better claim to be considered among the founders of modern sociology. His critique of the ‘self-interest’ view of human nature followed Hume's lead, but Ferguson took his view of humans as inescapably social in nature forward into a critical analysis of the new commercial civilization then displacing the older clan-based society of the Scottish Highlands. His views on the effects of the division of labour were significant precursors of later work on this topic by Karl Marx and Émile Durkheim , and the concepts of self-estrangement and alienation are also prefigured in Ferguson's writings. See also interests.

Dictionary of sociology. 2013.

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