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Herbert Spencer and Social Theory
Abstract
Herbert Spencer remains a significant but poorly understood figure in 19th century intellectual life. His ideas on evolution ranged across the natural sciences and philosophy, and he pioneered new ide
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“Spencer's work was strongly influenced by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's and Charles Darwin's biological evolutionism (Offer 2010, pp. 27-62).”
From Defining and Measuring Human Development: A Genealogical Analysis of the UNDP’s Human Development Reports (2023) · cites this paper as Offer 2010
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“The second important coincidence between Spencer and Parsons is that both of them understood social change in evolutionist terms.”
From Defining and Measuring Human Development: A Genealogical Analysis of the UNDP’s Human Development Reports (2023) · cites this paper as Offer 2010
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Telleria, J. (2023) · The European Journal of Development Research · doi:10.1057/s41287-022-00516-2 · Cited by 10
Metadata
- Authors
- Offer, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Offer, John
- Venue
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2010
- OpenAlex
- W70782177
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 1.26
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Legal and Social Philosophy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Influence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Emile Durkheim and Sociology
- Keywords
- Herbert Spencer, social theory, evolutionary theory, 19th-century intellectual history, philosophy of evolution
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