{"product_id":"2026100007796-secondhand-frederic-harrison-the-vocations-of-a-positivist","title":"Frederic Harrison: The Vocations Of A Positivist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew Victorian intellectuals led lives as richly varied as Frederic Harrison — lawyer, historian, social reformer, and the foremost English champion of Auguste Comte's Positivist philosophy — whose tireless engagement with the great controversies of his age made him one of the nineteenth century's most formidable public voices. Martha S. Vogeler's authoritative biography chronicles Harrison's extraordinary career across multiple vocations: his legal work on behalf of trade unions, his prolific journalism and literary criticism, his passionate advocacy for Positivism as a secular religion of humanity, and his long friendships with figures such as George Eliot, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Huxley.\n\nVogeler presents a meticulously researched portrait of a man who embodied the Victorian conviction that intellectual life and civic duty were inseparable, drawing on a wealth of unpublished correspondence and primary sources to illuminate Harrison's contradictions — the radical who grew conservative, the secularist who craved ritual. Frederic Harrison: The Vocations of a Positivist stands as an indispensable study of Victorian intellectual culture, raising searching questions about the relationship between philosophy and action that remain urgently relevant today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130619666651,"sku":"2026100007796-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/804be5b2-a0c7-410b-a0a3-e3472520af5a.png?v=1786587630","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007796-secondhand-frederic-harrison-the-vocations-of-a-positivist","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}