The invention of altruism : making moral meanings in Victorian Britain / by Thomas Dixon.
The invention of altruism : making moral meanings in Victorian Britain / by Thomas Dixon.
The invention of altruism : making moral meanings in Victorian Britain / by Thomas Dixon.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for The British Academy, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N170.94109/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 420 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Making Moral Meanings -- 2. Encounters with Positivism -- 3. Death and Immortality -- 4. The Darwinian Conscience -- 5. Herbert Spencer, The Radical -- 6. Poverty and the Ideal Self -- 7. Motherhood and the Ascent of Man -- 8. Egomania.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for The British Academy, 2008.
Edition
1. publ.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- GroC7britannien--Moral--Geschichte 1837-1901
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"In The Invention of Altruism, Thomas Dixon traces this new language of 'altruism' as it spread through British culture between the 1850s and the 1900s, and in doing so provides a new portrait of Victorian moral thought." "Drawing attention to the importance of Comtean positivism in setting the agenda for debates about science and religion, this vo...
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The invention of altruism : making moral meanings in Victorian Britain / by Thomas Dixon.
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A British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-405) and index.
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N170.94109/1
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74VvaVljgN2b
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ISBN
0197264263 (hbk.)
9780197264263 (hbk.)
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170.94109034
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991010369679702626
