Evolution and Society - Brossura

Burrow, J. W.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521096006 ISBN 13: 9780521096003

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

In this 1966 text Dr Burrow investigates the reasons why Victorian pioneers of social science were habitually approaching the study of other societies with largely positivistic and evolutionary methodologies. As a result of this, anthropology appeared to be seeking affirmation of assumed laws and stages of progress, rather than looking to appreciate and understand other societies in terms of their own uniqueness and functionality. Here, the author not only studies Victorian thought on evolution in general, but also seeks to contextualise those ideas which are often classified as exclusively Darwinist within the studies and writings of other leading figures in Victorian science and social science, whose works often predate The Origin of the Species. His book also makes an incredibly important contribution to the ways in which ideas on evolution and society operated within the framework of general Victorian thought and assumption.

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This 1966 text investigates the reasons why Victorian pioneers of social science were habitually approaching the study of other societies with largely positivistic and evolutionary methodologies. He also seeks to contextualise these ideas, which are often anachronistically classified as Darwinist within the studies of other leading Victorian scientists.

Contenuti:

Prefaces; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. A knowledge of human nature; 3. The reasoned history of man; 4. The laws of nature and the diversity of mankind; 5. Sir Henry Maine; 6. Herbert Spencer; 7. Tylor and the Growth of Anthropology; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521096006
• ISBN 13: 9780521096003
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 322