Herbert Spencer: Legacies

Herbert Spencer: Legacies
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-13 : 1317591305
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Download or read book Herbert Spencer: Legacies written by Mark Francis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Spencer: Legacies explores and assesses the impact of the ideas and work of the great Victorian polymath Herbert Spencer across a wide range of disciplines. In the course of the essays a significant re-evaluation of his influence on Victorian and Edwardian thought is provided. Spencer's contribution to the fields of sociology, anthropology, psychology, biology and ecology are considered, alongside his influence on key figures in science and philosophy. The book brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore Spencer's nuanced and complex ideas and will be invaluable for historians of science and ideas, and all those interested in the intellectual culture of the late Victorian and Edwardian period. Contributors: Peter J. Bowler, James Elwick, Mark Francis, Bernard Lightman, Chris Renwick, Vanessa L. Ryan, John Skorupski, Michael W. Taylor, Stephen Tomlinson, and Jonathan H. Turner


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