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Brains and Numbers
Elitism, Comtism, and Democracy in Mid-Victorian England
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Christopher Kent
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English
Published/Copyright:
1978
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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.
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Kent Christopher :
Christopher Kent is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Saskatchewan.
Christopher Kent is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments
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Contents
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Preface
xi - PART ONE: ACADEMIC RADICALS: 1840-68
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1. Elitism, the Clerisy, and University Reform at Oxford
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2. Seeking the Nation: 1848-67
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3. The Alliance of Brains and Numbers
34 - PART TWO: COMTE IN AN ENGLISH SETTING
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4. From Oxford to Comte
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5. The Search for the Proletariat
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6. Rhetoric and Respectability
84 - PART THREE: POLITICS AND THE INTELLECTUAL: JOHN MORLEY AND FREDERIC HARRISON
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7. The Vocation of the Intellectual
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8. The Retreat into Politics: John Morley
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9. The Retreat from Politics: Frederic Harrison
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Epilogue: Innocence and Experience
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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December 15, 1978
eBook ISBN:
9781487589196
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226
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
