Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7103058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Francis (0000-0003-1029-3831, Canterbury Christ Church University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 448 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Acumen Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/upo9781844653898 |
| OpenAlex | W2496150055 |
| Open Library | OL33488300M |
| ISBN | 9781844653898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
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. His unique system of knowledge, which bridged the gap between empiricism and metaphysics, offered modern and scientific answers to questions about the meaning of life and made him a world philosopher of the late nineteenth century. In this major new 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
Art · Art history · Biography · Empiricism · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphysics · Politics · Portrait · Scholarship · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · History · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, History, and Historiography · Great britain · herbert Spencer (1820-1903) · Philosophers
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,59 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |