John Kells Ingram, the Comtean Movement, and the English Methodenstreit

Authors

Gregory C G Moore, University of Notre Dame AustraliaFollow

Publication Details

Moore, G. C. (1999). John Kells Ingram, the Comtean Movement, and the English Methodenstreit. History of Political Economy, 31 (1), 53-78.

Abstract

Examines the methodological system formally articulated by John Kells Ingram at the height of the English Methodenstreit. Ingram's Comtean interpretation of the historicist conceptual framework; Principles championed by Auguste Comte; Factors that facilitated the decline of the Comtean movement; Ingram's dissatisfaction with Ireland's socio-economic system.

Keywords

peer-reviewed