Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life - Couverture souple

Francis, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844656780 ISBN 13 : 9781844656783

Editeur : Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

The English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) was a colossus of the Victorian age. His works ranked alongside those of Darwin and Marx in the development of disciplines as wide ranging as sociology, anthropology, political theory, philosophy and psychology.

In this acclaimed study of Spencer, the first for over thirty years and now available in paperback, Mark Francis provides an authoritative and meticulously researched intellectual biography of this remarkable man that dispels the plethora of misinformation surrounding Spencer and shines new light on the broader cultural history of the nineteenth century. In this major study of Spencer, the first for over thirty years, Mark Francis provides an authoritative and meticulously researched intellectual biography of this remarkable man. Using archival material and contemporary printed sources, Francis creates a fascinating portrait of a human being whose philosophical and scientific system was a unique attempt to explain modern life in all its biological, psychological and sociological forms.

Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life fills what is perhaps the last big biographical gap in Victorian history. An exceptional work of scholarship it not only dispels the plethora of misinformation surrounding Spencer but shines new light on the broader cultural history of the nineteenth century. Elegantly written, provocative and rich in insight it will be required reading for all students of the period.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mark Francis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844656780
• ISBN 13: 9781844656783
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
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