Herbert Spencer : Critical Assessments

ISBN-13: 9780415181839 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 1776 str.

John Offer

Opis

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was a major figure in the early development of sociology, famous for work which likened society to an organism and analyzed it in evolutionary terms. In this context he was contributing to evolutionary theory before as well as after Darwin and argued consistently that society would be perfected through the operation of the principle that every man should be left free to do what he would as long as he did not interfere with another man's freedom. Spencer's work has been neglected in recent years, but its indirect influence lives on both in libertarian political thought and in the discipline of sociology itself particularly through the work of Durkheim who was heavily influenced by Spencer.

Spis treści

1. General Assessments of Spencer's Work and Impact
2. Spencer, Darwin and Social Darwinism
Spencer Comte, T õnnies and Durkheim
The Theory of Evolution and Social Change
3. Conceptions of Society
Spencer, Psychology and Evolution
Spencer, Ethics and Evolution
4. Political Aspects of Evolution
Women, the Family, Children and Welfare