Biographical Materials
Works
- Spencer, Herbert. 'Development Hypothesis', 1852
- Spencer, Herbert. 'A Theory of Population, deduced from the General Law of Animal Fertility,' 1852
Cultural Contexts: Politics and Society
- Herbert Spencer, Evolution and the Moral Law Within
- Herbert Spencer on Politics and Dress
- All Institutions Eventually Become Oppressive
- Herbert Spencer on Social Satire
- Evolution as a Guide to Conduct
- The Necessary Obnoxiousness of Reform and Reformers
- Prestige, Power, and The Invidious Effect of Subordinating Individual to Social Needs
On Education
- “Parents are not good enough”: Children, Human Nature, and the Relation of Education to a Flawed Humanity and Its Flawed Society
- The Essential Importance of Drawing in Education and Self-Development
- “So terribly in our education does the ornamental over-ride the useful!” Spencer’s Criticism of Victorian Education
- The Essential Need for Independence, Self-Discovery, and Pleasure in Self-Directed Learning in Education
Observations on Victorian Society
- The Folly of Victorian Formal Dinners
- The Tyranny of Petty Social Restraints
- From Empty Titles to Inane Fashion
- Power, Subservience, & Class: Herbert Spencer on The Ancient Origins of the Word “You”
Evolution in Science, Society, and the Arts
- Herbert Spencer's Anticipations of Natural Selection
- The Development of the Arts as an Example of Evolution and Evolutionary Diversification
- The Effects of the Railroad Locomotive an Example of Evolution
Style and Technique in Spencer's Writings
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