Article ID: CBB000340656

Herbert Spencer and the Disunity of the Social Organism (2003)

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Description Presents Spencer's “democratic” view of organisms and Huxley's “authoritarian” view and discusses how a society might be likened to an organism.


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Authors & Contributors
Lightman, Bernard V.
Danell, Rickard
Zappen, James P.
Yeo, Eileen Janes
Wisselgren, Per
Suter, Mischa
Concepts
Science and society
Social sciences
Evolution
Science and politics
Sociology
Social Darwinism
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
France
Americas
Switzerland
Italy
Europe
Institutions
X-Club
Royal School of Mines
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