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Daniel Chernilo reassesses the universalistic orientation of social theory and explains its origins in natural law theory, using an impressive array of classical and contemporary sources that include, among others, Ju¨rgen Habermas, Karl Lwith, Leo Strauss, Weber, Marx, Hegel, Rousseau and Hobbes. The Natural Law Foundations of Modern Social Theory challenges previous accounts of the rise of social theory, recovers a strong idea of humanity and revisits conventional arguments on sociology’s relationship to modernity, the Enlightenment and natural law. It reconnects social theory to its scientific and philosophical roots, its descriptive and normative tasks and its historical and systematic planes. Chernilo’s defence of universalism for contemporary social theory will surely engage students of sociology, political theory and moral philosophy alike.  \ndaniel chernilo is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Loughborough University.  \n[Comp. by:](Comp. by:) KNarayanan Stage: Revises1 Chapter No.: FrontMatter  \nDate:27/10/12 Time:16:10:12 Page Number: 2  \nTitle Name: CHERNILO  \n[Comp. by:](Comp. by:) KNarayanan Stage: Revises1 Chapter No.: FrontMatter  \nDate:27/10/12 Time:16:10:12 Page Number: 3  \nTitle Name: CHERNILO  \nThe Natural Law Foundations of Modern Social Theory A Quest for Universalism  \nDaniel Chernilo  \n[Comp. by:](Comp. by:) KNarayanan Stage: Revises1 Chapter No.: FrontMatter  \nDate:27/10/12 Time:16:10:12 Page Number: 4  \nTitle Name: CHERNILO  \ncambridge university press  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, S˜ao Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City  \nCambridge University Press  \nThe Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9781107009806](title: www.cambridge.org/9781107009806)  \n© Daniel Chernilo 2013  \nThis publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published 2013  \nPrinted and bound in the United Kingdom by the MPG Books Group  \nA catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Chernilo, Daniel.  \nThe natural law foundations of modern social theory : a quest for universalism / Daniel Chernilo.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \nISBN 978-1-107-00980-6 (Hardback)  \n1. Natural Law–Social aspects. 2. Sociological jurisprudence–Philosophy.  \nI. 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