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Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R4,508
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Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life (Hardcover, New): Mark Francis

Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life (Hardcover, New)

Mark Francis

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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.

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Imprint: Acumen Publishing Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2007
First published: 2007
Authors: Mark Francis
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 434
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-84465-086-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
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LSN: 1-84465-086-3
Barcode: 9781844650866

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