British Sociology's Lost Biological Roots [electronic resource] : A History of Futures Past /
Renwick, Chris.author.
A new and innovative account of British sociology's intellectual origins that uses previously unknown archival resources to show how the field's forgotten roots in a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century debate about biology can help us understand both its subsequent development and future potential.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Part I; 1 Political Economy, the BAAS, and Sociology; Part II; 2 Francis Galton and the Science of Eugenics; 3 Patrick Geddes' Biosocial Science of Civics; 4 L. T. Hobhouse's Evolutionary Philosophy of Reform; Part III; 5 The Origins and Growth of the Sociological Society; 6 The End of Biological Sociology in Britain; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A new and innovative account of British sociology's intellectual origins that uses previously unknown archival resources to show how the field's forgotten roots in a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century debate about biology can help us understand both its subsequent development and future potential.
Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny), 1864-1929.
Social history.
Sociology.
History.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Life sciences.
Intellectual life—History.
Social History.
Sociology, general.
History of Science.
Social Theory.
Life Sciences, general.
Intellectual Studies.