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Herbert Spencer and the invention of modern life / Mark Francis.
| Author/creator | Francis, Mark, 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xiv, 434 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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 -- The new reformation -- Intellectuals in the strand -- The genesis of a system -- Common sense in the mid-nineteenth century -- From philosophy to psychology -- On goodness, perfection and the shape of living things -- The meaning of life -- Science and the classification of knowledge -- 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-426) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006032891 |
| ISBN | 9780801445903 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801445906 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B1656 .F73 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |