Physics and Politics - Or Thoughts on Application of Principles of Natural Selection

Klappentext A discussion of the scientific principles of progress in a society incorporating elements of evolutionary theory, first published in 1872. Zusammenfassung Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was an eminent British journalist and political observer. This book, first published in 1872, and here reissued from the second (1873) edition, contains Bagehot's discussion of the principles of social progress, providing a valuable example of the influence of evolutionary thought in the late nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The preliminary age; 2. The use of conflict; 3. Nation-making; 4. Nation-making; 5. The age of discussion; 6. Verifiable progress politically considered.

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• Autori: Walter Bagehot
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.11.2010
• EAN: 9781108023542
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02354-2
• Pagine: 234
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory