Naomi Beck. La gauche évolutionniste: Spencer et ses lecteurs en France et en Italie (Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2014) [Book Review]

Isis 107 (2):418-419 (2016)
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Abstract

Naomi Beck’s very readable book examines the reception of Herbert Spencer’s work among Italian and French intellectuals from 1860 to 1900, focusing on the role of biology in analyses of society and politics. Although its topic is narrow, the book is relevant to historians interested in Social Darwinism, positivism, early social science, and comparative history. It also provides a case study for scholars of the reception and transformation of ideas.

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