Victorian Psychology and British Culture 1850-1880

Victorian Psychology and British Culture 1850-1880

by Rick Rylance
ISBN-10:
0198122837
ISBN-13:
9780198122838
Pub. Date:
08/28/2000
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-10:
0198122837
ISBN-13:
9780198122838
Pub. Date:
08/28/2000
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Victorian Psychology and British Culture 1850-1880

Victorian Psychology and British Culture 1850-1880

by Rick Rylance

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Overview

This book offers a history of the interdisciplinary development of Victorian psychology alongside detailed studies of three leading writers: Alexander Bain, Herbert Spencer, and G. H. Lewes. Examining work in several different fields, including evolutionary theory, philosophy, literature, and the bio-medical sciences, it sets the development of psychology in the context of the social and intellectual pressures of the time. The book includes detailed analyses of the work of George Eliot, whose writing is saturated with ideas developed alongside those of the great psychologists who formed her circle.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198122838
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 08/28/2000
Pages: 365
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge

Table of Contents

Introduction
I Generalities: A discrimination of types of psychological theory
The discourse of the soul
The discourse of philosophy
The discourse of physiology in general biology
The discourse of medicine
II Particulars: Three writers in their times and contexts
Alexander Bain and the new psychology of the higher faculties
Herbert Spencer and the beginnings of evolutionary psychology
G. H. Lewes: History, mind, and language
Bibliography
Index

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