Positivism in the United States (1853-1861) (Harvard Studies in Romance Languages, Vol. 14)

vii, 243 pp. CONTENTS: The American Attitude Towards Auguste Comte's Philosophy, Polity and Religion (1853-1861): British Writers who Helped to Acquaint Americans with Comte and Positivism - Harriet Martineau's Free Translation and Condensation of the Cours de Philosphie Positive - The Principal American Critics of the Positive Philosophy - Minor Critics of the Positive Philosophy - The Principal American Critics of Comte's Polity and Religion; The Village of Modern Times: Some American Fads of the Mid-Nineteenth Century - Josiah Warren - Modern Times; Henry Edger, the American Apostle of Positivism: The Correspondence of Henry Edger and Auguste Comte - John Metcalf; Conclusion; Appendix: August Hermann Ewerbeck; Index of Names.