The Resource Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life, Mark Francis
Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life, Mark Francis
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- Summary
- "The ideas of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) profoundly shaped Victorian thought regarding evolutionary theory, the philosophy of science, sociology and politics. In his day, Spencer's works ranked alongside those of Darwin and Marx in their importance to the development of disciplines as wide-ranging as sociology, anthropology, political theory, philosophy and psychology. Yet during his lifetime - and certainly in the decades that followed - Spencer has been widely misunderstood. Both lauded and disparaged as the father of Social Darwinism (it was Spencer who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"), and as an apologist for individualism and unrestrained capitalism, he was, in fact, none of these; he was instead a subtle and complex thinker." "In his biography of Spencer, Mark Francis uses archival material and contemporary printed sources to create a portrait of a man who attempted to explain modern life in all its biological, psychological, and sociological forms through a unique philosophical and scientific system that bridged the gap between empiricism and metaphysics. Influential in England and beyond - particularly the United States and Asia - his philosophy was, as Francis shows, systematic and rigorous. Despite the success he found in the realm of ideas, Spencer was an unhappy man. Francis reveals how Spencer felt permanently crippled by the Christian values he had absorbed during childhood, and was incapable of romantic love, as became clear during his relationship with the novelist George Eliot."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life
- Title
- Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Francis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The ideas of the English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) profoundly shaped Victorian thought regarding evolutionary theory, the philosophy of science, sociology and politics. In his day, Spencer's works ranked alongside those of Darwin and Marx in their importance to the development of disciplines as wide-ranging as sociology, anthropology, political theory, philosophy and psychology. Yet during his lifetime - and certainly in the decades that followed - Spencer has been widely misunderstood. Both lauded and disparaged as the father of Social Darwinism (it was Spencer who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"), and as an apologist for individualism and unrestrained capitalism, he was, in fact, none of these; he was instead a subtle and complex thinker." "In his biography of Spencer, Mark Francis uses archival material and contemporary printed sources to create a portrait of a man who attempted to explain modern life in all its biological, psychological, and sociological forms through a unique philosophical and scientific system that bridged the gap between empiricism and metaphysics. Influential in England and beyond - particularly the United States and Asia - his philosophy was, as Francis shows, systematic and rigorous. Despite the success he found in the realm of ideas, Spencer was an unhappy man. Francis reveals how Spencer felt permanently crippled by the Christian values he had absorbed during childhood, and was incapable of romantic love, as became clear during his relationship with the novelist George Eliot."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Francis, Mark
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- B1656
- LC item number
- .F73 2007b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Philosophers, Modern
- Spencer, Herbert
- Label
- Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life, Mark Francis
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm70173816
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 434 p.
- Isbn
- 9781844650866
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life, Mark Francis
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm70173816
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 434 p.
- Isbn
- 9781844650866
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- unmediated
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