Herbert spencer theory

WORKS BY SPENCER

SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), the English philosopher-scientist, was a leading figure in the intellectual revolution of the nineteenth century.

Although largely ignored today, Spencer in his own time was enormously influential and played a significant role in the development of biology, psychology, sociology, and anthropology.

He dealt with the evolution of phenomena of all classes, from the inorganic to the superorganic.

For the various social sciences, the primary significance of Spencer is that he was among the first to affirm that human society can be studied scientifically and to do so from an evolutionary point of view. With E. B. Tylor and Lewis H.

Morgan, Spencer ranks among the three great cultural evolutionists of the nineteenth century.

Spencer was born in Derby in the English Midlands. He came from a family of staunch Dissenters, and the influence of this background is evident in his writings on ethics and