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*to be a '''global science''' in two senses: in the sense of substitution, that is '''absorption of other sciences''', but mainly in the sense of its thematic orientation: sociology was to '''deal with humanity''' (l’humanité) not particular societies. Paradoxically enough, sociology has returned to this idea conceived by Comte – that sociology was to be science of universalist titles and with a global or globalised subject –more than 150 years later in connection to globalisation processes. Until then, ‘humanity’ particularised itself, disintegrating into national states, and sociology evolved practically purely in their context. | *to be a '''global science''' in two senses: in the sense of substitution, that is '''absorption of other sciences''', but mainly in the sense of its thematic orientation: sociology was to '''deal with humanity''' (l’humanité) not particular societies. Paradoxically enough, sociology has returned to this idea conceived by Comte – that sociology was to be science of universalist titles and with a global or globalised subject –more than 150 years later in connection to globalisation processes. Until then, ‘humanity’ particularised itself, disintegrating into national states, and sociology evolved practically purely in their context. | ||
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