Social evolution. Getting rid of illusions

Auguste Comte (1798-1857) is a French philosopher and sociologist, the founder of positivism and sociology as an independent science. The basic law of the sociology of Contra is "Love as a principle, order as a basis, progress as a goal." In an ideal society that Comte called positivist or positive, the solidarity of various groups and classes reigns, and the state warns the "fatal tendency to radical discrepancy in ideas, feelings and interests." Emil Durkheim (1858-1917), along with Auguste Comte, is considered one of the founders of sociology, but significantly diverged with him in his eyes. The society is in the process of continuous evolution, ”he argued. - As the social environment becomes more complex and mobile, traditions and prevailing beliefs are shaken, take an indefinite form. To adapt to the new social environment, the development of mental abilities is necessary in both society as a whole and its individual representatives.
The book provides the main works of Comte and Durkheim, devoted to these problems