Adam Ferguson on “Action” and the Possibility of Non-Political Participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandon P Turner, Brandon Turner (0000-0001-8284-2794, Clemson University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 212-233 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1057/pol.2012.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2327302937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Political theorists who are interested in the Western republican tradition often interpret Adam Ferguson as a civic humanist and contrast his work with the liberal institutionalism of Hume and Smith. I argue that the republican interpretation fails to understand Ferguson's view of human action and thereby obscures his potential contribution to liberal theory. This article offers a comprehensive account of Ferguson's concept of action, and emphasizes the instrumental and scientific aspects of his thought. Ferguson views politics as an accumulative project involving both political participation and non-political forms of activity. His thoughts on action and politics, therefore, reveal much about his view of the potential of non-political action and the ways it contributes to civil and political society
Action (physics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanism · Interpretation (philosophy · Political action · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theory and Influence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |