The life and letters of Herbert Spencer / by David Duncan.

  • David Duncan
Date:
1908
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Credit: The life and letters of Herbert Spencer / by David Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In demy 8vo, cloth. THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY. CONTENTS OF YOL. I. {Ath Thousand, price 21s.) Part I.—The Data of Sociology. 1. Super-Organic Evolution. 2. The Factors of Social Phe- nomena. 3. Original External Factors. 4. Original Internal Factors. 5. The Primitive Man—Physical. 6. The Primitive Man—Emo- tional. 7. The Primitive Man—Intel- lectual. 8. Primitive Ideas. 9. The Ideas of the Animate and the Inanimate. 10. The Ideas of Sleep and Dreams. 11. The Ideas of Swoon, Apo- plexy, Catelepsy, Ecstasy, ! and other forms of Insen- sibility. 12. The Ideas of Death and Resurrection. 13. The Ideas of Souls, Ghosts, Spirits, Demons. 14. The Ideas of Another Life. 15. The Ideas of Another World. 16. The Ideas of Supernatural Agents. 17. Supernatural Agents as caus- ing Epilepsy and Convul- sive Actions, Delirium and In sanity, Disease an d Death. 18. Inspiration, Divination, Exor- cism, and Sorcery. 19. Sacred Places, Temples, and Altars ; Sacrifice, Fasting, and Propitiation; Praise and Prayer. 20. Ancestor-Worship in General 21. Idol-Worship and Fetich-Wor- ship. 22. Animal-Worship. 23. Plant-Worship. 24. Nature-Worship. 25. Deities. 26. The Primitive Theory of Things. 27- The Scope of Sociology. Part II.—The Inductions of Sociology. 1. What is a Society? 2. A Society is an Organism. 3. Social Growth. 4. Social Structures. 5. Social Functions. 6. Systems of Organs. 7. The Sustaining System. 8. The Distributing System. 9. The Regulating System. 10. SocialTypes and Constitutions. 11. Social Metamorphoses. 12. Qualifications and Summary. Part III.—Domestic Institu- tions. 1. The Maintenance of Species. 2. The Diverse Interests of the Species, of the Parents, and of the Offspring. 3. Primitive Relations of the Sexes. 4. Exogamy and Endogamy. 5. Promiscuity. 6. Polyandry. 7. Polygyny. 8. Monogamy. 9. The Family. 10. The Status of Women. 11. The Status of Children. 12. Domestic Retrospect and Prospect.