The Worlds of Positivism

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Presents the first global history of positivism Explores the relationship between natural sciences and the humanities, science and religion, and universalism and cultural diversity on a global scale through Positivisms culture of enquiry Provides a geneaology of scientific governance, with important social and ethical implications for today Appeals to scholars of intellectual history, global history, transnational history, sociology, and philosophy

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Johannes Feichtinger is Senior Research Associate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Visiting Professor for modern history and the philosophy of science at the University of Vienna, Austria. Franz L. Fillafer is Lecturer in modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Jan Surman is Visiting Scholar at the Max Web Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany.

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