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024 7 _a10.3138/9781487589196
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781487589196
035 _a(DE-B1597)513669
035 _a(OCoLC)1088912764
040 _aDE-B1597
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082 0 4 _a320.5
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKent, Christopher
_eautore
245 1 0 _aBrains and Numbers :
_bElitism, Comtism, and Democracy in Mid-Victorian England /
_cChristopher Kent.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[1978]
264 4 _c©1978
300 _a1 online resource (226 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aHeritage
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aA group of Oxford graduates, influenced by Arnold and later by Comte, formed the core of a generation of academic radicals who attempted to define the role of an educated élite in an emerging industrial mass democracy. 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. The social and political dimensions of Comte's ideology in England are commonly considered to have been obscured by the tendency to regard it as a sort of eccentric religious sect. This study demonstrates the subtlety with which Harrison applied positivist ideas to mid-Victorian politics and the generally underestimated influence of Comte in Morley's political thought. Both men looked to the frank éliticism of Comte in Morley's political thought - in both thought and action - the political claims of 'brains and numbers.' It was, as the book shows, an attempt singularly appropriate to the requirements of an educated middle class. Set within the context of mid-Victorian academic radicalism, the appeal of Comtism becomes more clear. This book brings together a complex of philosophical, political, and religious ideas. It reflects the Victorian intellectual's perspective on the process and problems of social change.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487589196
856 4 2 _3Cover
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