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1 online resource (xiv, 434 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The ideas of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) have shaped evolutionary theory, philosophy of science, sociology & politics. This work aims to dispel the plethora of misinformation surrounding Spencer, throwing light on the broader cultural history of the 19th century. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
I: An individual and his personal culture -- A portrait of a private man -- The longing for passion -- The problem with women -- Spencer's feminist politics -- Culture and beauty -- Eccentricities : health and the perils of recreation -- II: The lost world of Spencer's metaphysics -- The new reformation -- Intellectuals in the strand -- The genesis of a system -- Common sense in the mid-nineteenth century -- From philosophy to psychology -- III: Spencer's biological writings and his philosophy of science -- On goodness, perfection and the shape of living things -- The meaning of life -- Science and the classification of knowledge -- IV: Politics and ethical sociology -- Spencer's politics and the foundations of liberalism -- The 1840s : Spencer's early radicalism -- Sociology as an ethical discipline -- Sociology as political theory -- Progress versus democracy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903.
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Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903. |
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Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903. |
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Spencer, Herbert. |
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Philosophers, Modern -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Philosophers, Modern. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Francis, Mark, 1944- Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life. Stocksfield [England] : Acumen, 2007 (OCoLC)70173816 |
| ISBN |
9781844653898 (electronic book) |
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1844653897 (electronic book) |
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9781317493464 (electronic book) |
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131749346X (electronic book) |
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9781844650866 (hardback) |
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1844650863 (hardback) |
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9780801445903 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0801445906 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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