Title British sociology's lost biological roots : a history of futures past / Chris Renwick ; foreword by Steve Fuller

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Foreword; S. Fuller -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I -- Political Economy, the BAAS and Sociology -- PARTII -- Francis Galton and the Science of Eugenics -- Patrick Geddes' Biosocial Science of Civics -- L.T. Hobhouse's Evolutionary Philosophy of Reform -- PART III -- The Origins and Growth of the Sociological Society -- The End of Biological Sociology in Britain -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography Summary For some time, the social sciences have been attacked by those who believe that biology, not society or culture, best explains human behaviour and social organization. While critics, such as evolutionary psychologists, speak disdainfully of a 'Standard Social Science Model', many social scientists react by decrying the reductionism of biological views. With positions so polarized, it is easy to forget that the social sciences and biology were not always seen as different spheres. When, how and why did the split come about? This book seeks answers in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British debates about sociology, when L.T. Hobhouse, a thinker who battled to keep biological and social science separate, was awarded the UK's first chair of sociology and editorship of The Sociological Review, the country's first sociology journal. Moreover, by recovering Hobhouse's vision for sociology, as well as those of his rivals, including the Scottish biologist and sociologist Patrick Geddes and the eugenicist Francis Galton, this book shows how the history of British sociology can inform discussions about the discipline's future Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny), 1864-1929. SUBJECT Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny), 1864-1929 fast Subject Sociology -- Great Britain -- History Biology, life sciences. History of science. Social theory. Social & cultural history. History of ideas. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. HISTORY -- Social History. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. Science. Sociology Biologie Soziologie Soziologie. Great Britain Großbritannien Grossbritannien. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230367104 0230367100 9781283440196 1283440199

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