{"product_id":"from-comte-to-benjamin-kidd-the-appeal-to-biology-or-evolution-for-human-guidance-paperback-9781108004534","title":"From Comte to Benjamin Kidd; The Appeal to Biology or Evolution for Human Guidance (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108004534","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Comte to Benjamin Kidd\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Appeal to Biology or Evolution for Human Guidance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Mackintosh, publishing in 1899, traces the connections between biology and sociology from Comte through Darwinism to Kidd's Social Evolution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Mackintosh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108004534, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRobert Mackintosh (1858–1933), a professor at the Congregationalist Lancashire Independent College, traces the influence of biology and evolutionism on the study of human ethics and society during the second half of the nineteenth century in this 1899 book. He begins with Comte's founding of sociology, and continues with the renewed appeal to biology for the understanding of human affairs found in the work of Darwin, Spencer and their circle. He then looks at Benjamin Kidd's Social Evolution, published in 1894 (and also reissued in this series). Fifty years after Comte, Kidd argued that sociology required further grounding by a new recourse to biology. Mackintosh supported Kidd's view. If biological clues are to afford guidance for human conduct, Mackintosh contended, they must be supplemented by a clearer moral and religious vision, and in philosophy by some scheme of metaphysical evolutionism. His work marks a transition from Darwinism to a new Hegelianism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Comtism, with Some Scattered Parallels: 2. Comte's life and the principles of his teaching\u003cbr\u003e 3. The appeal to biology\u003cbr\u003e 4. The appeal to history\u003cbr\u003e 5. The doctrine of altruism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Comte's law-giving\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Simple Evolutionism—Spencer, Stephen: 7. Darwinian and Spencerian conceptions of evolution—Darwin\u003cbr\u003e 8. Darwinian and Spencerian conceptions of evolution—Spencer\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mr. Spencer's three doctrines of human welfare\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mr. Leslie Stephen's 'Science of Ethics'\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Darwinism, or Struggle for Existence: 11. 'Darwinism in Morals'—Miss Cobbe's protest\u003cbr\u003e 12. Darwinism in politics—Bagehot\u003cbr\u003e 13. Darwinism in ethics—Professor Alexander\u003cbr\u003e 14. Reaction from Darwinism—Huxley\u003cbr\u003e 15. Reaction from Darwinism—Drummond's 'Ascent of Man'\u003cbr\u003e 16. Reiteration of Darwinism: elimination made absolute—Mr. A. Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e 17. The metaphysics of natural selection\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Hyper-Darwinism—Weismann, Kidd: 18. 'Fairy Tale of Science'?\u003cbr\u003e 19. Hyper-Darwinism in sociology: struggle made absolute—Mr. Kidd\u003cbr\u003e 20. Summary and conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265909444888,"sku":"9781108004534","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108004534i_9d0921c2-4948-48fe-9f2b-6f6c60cdae3c.jpg?v=1694867232","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-comte-to-benjamin-kidd-the-appeal-to-biology-or-evolution-for-human-guidance-paperback-9781108004534","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}