Title: Science and scientism in nineteenth-century Europe /
Authors: Olson, Richard, 1940-
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Science Social aspects Europe History; Science and civilization.; Europe Intellectual life
Contents: Scientisms in the aftermath of the French Revolution : part 1--idology -- Scientisms in the aftermath of the French Revolution : part 2--Saint-Simon, Saint-Simonianism, and the birth of socialism -- Scientisms in the aftermath of the French Revolution : part 3--Auguste Comte and positivisms -- Science and German culture in the early nineteenth century : naturphilosophie, romanticism, and nationalism -- Science and German culture, c. 1830-c. 1870 : the rise of materialisms and the reshaping of religion and politics -- Science and early Victorian culture, c. 1815-1859 : public science and political science -- The rise of evolutionary perspectives, 1820-1859 -- Darwinian evolution : natural selection, group selection, and sexual selection -- "Social Darwinisms" and other evolutionary social theories -- The problem of degeneration in the late 19th century.