Brains and numbers : elitism, comtism, and democracy in mid-victorian England /

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This perceptive study of the English academic scene traces the emergence of Comtism in the university community and examines its expression in the ideas of Frederic Harrison and John Morley.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kent, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Series:Heritage.
Subjects:
Comte, Auguste, > 1798-1857 > Influence.
Morley, John, > 1838-1923.
Harrison, Frederic, > 1831-1923.
Comte, Auguste, > 1798-1857.
1800-1899
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intellectual life.
England > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
England.
Comte, Auguste > 1798-1857 > Influence
England > Intellectual life > 19th century
Harrison, Frederic > 1831-1923
Morley, John > 1838-1923
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART ONE: Academic Radicals: 1840-68
  • 1 Elitism, the Clerisy, and University Reform at Oxford
  • 2 Seeking the Nation: 1848-67
  • 3 The Alliance of Brains and Numbers
  • PART TWO: Comte in an English Setting
  • 4 From Oxford to Comte
  • 5 The Search for the Proletariat
  • 6 Rhetoric and Respectability
  • PART THREE: Politics and the Intellectual: John Morley and Frederic Harrison
  • 7 The Vocation of the Intellectual
  • 8 The Retreat into Politics: John Morley
  • 9 The Retreat from Politics: Frederic Harrison
  • Epilogue: Innocence and ExperienceNotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W

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