HERBERT SPENCER: BIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND COSMIC EVOLUTION

Chapter
Publication Date:
1995
Short description:
HERBERT SPENCER: BIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND COSMIC EVOLUTION / La Vergata, A. - In: BIOLOGY AS SOCIETY, SOCIETY AS BIOLOGY: METAPHORS / S. MAASEN; E. MENDELSOHN; P. WEINGART EDS.. - STAMPA. - DORDRECHT-BOSTON-LONDON : Kluwer, 1995. - ISBN 9780792331742. - pp. 193-229
abstract:
Spencer's use of biological concepts and metaphors in his theory of social evolution and laissez-faire political ideology is discussed with special attention to his "Lamarckianism".
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
Spencer; Darwin; biology; sociology; social evolution; metaphors
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Handle:
https://iris.unimore.it/handle/11380/462005
Book title:
BIOLOGY AS SOCIETY, SOCIETY AS BIOLOGY: METAPHORS