Author: David Paul Crook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521258043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This is an intellectual biography of Benjamin Kidd, a leading Social Darwinist in the years before World War I, and a social prophet in the tradition of Comte and Spencer. His first book Social Evolution, published in 1894, was an immediate and enormous success around the world. In it, Kidd developed a collectivist form of Social Darwinism in tune with the values of Progressivism in America and the 'new liberalism' in Britain. By many it was regarded as the basis for a properly scientific sociology, and the combination of its claims to scientific methodology, with an emphasis on non-rational forces as the agents of progress accurately caught the temper of its times. Launched on his career as a writer, Kidd's subsequent books and journalism continued to exercise extraordinary influence. His 'social imperialism', linking a bio-political defence of empire with a programme of social reform, won currency in the Anglo-American world at a time of expansionary fervour.
Benjamin Kidd
Author: David Paul Crook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521258043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This is an intellectual biography of Benjamin Kidd, a leading Social Darwinist in the years before World War I, and a social prophet in the tradition of Comte and Spencer. His first book Social Evolution, published in 1894, was an immediate and enormous success around the world. In it, Kidd developed a collectivist form of Social Darwinism in tune with the values of Progressivism in America and the 'new liberalism' in Britain. By many it was regarded as the basis for a properly scientific sociology, and the combination of its claims to scientific methodology, with an emphasis on non-rational forces as the agents of progress accurately caught the temper of its times. Launched on his career as a writer, Kidd's subsequent books and journalism continued to exercise extraordinary influence. His 'social imperialism', linking a bio-political defence of empire with a programme of social reform, won currency in the Anglo-American world at a time of expansionary fervour.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521258043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This is an intellectual biography of Benjamin Kidd, a leading Social Darwinist in the years before World War I, and a social prophet in the tradition of Comte and Spencer. His first book Social Evolution, published in 1894, was an immediate and enormous success around the world. In it, Kidd developed a collectivist form of Social Darwinism in tune with the values of Progressivism in America and the 'new liberalism' in Britain. By many it was regarded as the basis for a properly scientific sociology, and the combination of its claims to scientific methodology, with an emphasis on non-rational forces as the agents of progress accurately caught the temper of its times. Launched on his career as a writer, Kidd's subsequent books and journalism continued to exercise extraordinary influence. His 'social imperialism', linking a bio-political defence of empire with a programme of social reform, won currency in the Anglo-American world at a time of expansionary fervour.
The Science of Power
Author: Benjamin Kidd
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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From Comte to Benjamin Kidd
Author: Robert Mackintosh
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Social Evolution
Author: Benjamin Kidd
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Category : Sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Category : Sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Benjamin Franklin
Author: Thomas S. Kidd
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300228147
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A major new biography, illuminating the great mystery of Benjamin Franklin’s faith Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the “thorough deist” who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers influenced Franklin’s beliefs, to be sure, but devout Christians in his life—including George Whitefield, the era’s greatest evangelical preacher; his parents; and his beloved sister Jane—kept him tethered to the Calvinist creed of his Puritan upbringing. Based on rigorous research into Franklin’s voluminous correspondence, essays, and almanacs, this fresh assessment of a well-known figure unpacks the contradictions and conundrums faith presented in Franklin’s life.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300228147
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A major new biography, illuminating the great mystery of Benjamin Franklin’s faith Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than the “thorough deist” who emerges in his autobiography. As Thomas Kidd reveals, deist writers influenced Franklin’s beliefs, to be sure, but devout Christians in his life—including George Whitefield, the era’s greatest evangelical preacher; his parents; and his beloved sister Jane—kept him tethered to the Calvinist creed of his Puritan upbringing. Based on rigorous research into Franklin’s voluminous correspondence, essays, and almanacs, this fresh assessment of a well-known figure unpacks the contradictions and conundrums faith presented in Franklin’s life.
The Control of the Tropics
Author: Benjamin Kidd
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Category : Anglo-Saxon race
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Category : Anglo-Saxon race
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Principles of Western Civilisation
Author: Benjamin Kidd
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Two Sermons and a Prayer of Benjamin Kidd's
The Science of Power, by Benjamin Kidd. 3d Edition
From Slavery to Freedom
Author: Charles Huntington Davies
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Category : Cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Publisher:
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Category : Cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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