Title Nature and nurture in French social sciences, 1859-1914 and beyond / Martin S. Staum

Published Montréal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages) : illustrations Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 53 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 53. Contents 1. Introduction to the Nature-Nuture Debate -- 2. The Ethnographers -- 3. The Anthropologists -- 4. Ribot and Psychological Heredity -- 5. Heredity and Milieu in the Revue philosophique -- 6. Alfred Binet: From Measuring Heads to Testing Intelligence -- 7. The Non-Durkeimian Sociologists -- 8. Reorientation of Institutions -- 9. Echoes in the Vichy Era -- 10. Conclusion Summary Deals with the dilemmas of early French social scientists inclined to stress either heredity or environment, but forced to concede the influence of both Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-251) and index Notes Print version record Subject Social sciences -- France -- History -- 19th century Social sciences -- France -- History -- 20th century Nature and nurture -- France -- History -- 19th century Nature and nurture -- France -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference. HISTORY -- Europe -- France. Nature and nurture Social sciences Erbe-Umwelt-Problem Sozialwissenschaften Hérédité et milieu -- France -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. Hérédité et milieu -- France -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. Sciences sociales -- France -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. Sciences sociales -- France -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. France Frankreich Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773585942 077358594X 1283531615 9781283531610

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