Chapter ID: CBB000031976

Herbert Spencer: Biology, sociology, and cosmic evolution (1995)

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Description “This paper is a case study in the constitutive role of two metaphors, the social organism and the struggle for life, in the thought of Herbert Spencer.”


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Book Maasen, Sabine; Mendelsohn, Everett; Weingart, Peter (1995) Biology as society, society as biology: Metaphors. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lightman, Bernard V.
Werth, Barry
Versen, Christopher R.
Tort, Patrick
Taylor, M. W.
Straley, Jessica
Concepts
Evolution
Social relations; social groups
Biology
Science and religion
Science and politics
Historians
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Places
United States
Italy
France
British Isles
Great Britain
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