Functional Utility of Action in the Theoretical Perspective h. Spencer's Sociology

This paper analyses the concept of individual action in light of Herbert Spencer's social evolution model. Given the particularities of the historical period in which Spencer lived, several lines of theory held by Spencer's predecessors are derived that had an impact on his thinking. The m...

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Main Author: J O Kryuchkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2008-06-01
Series:RUDN journal of Sociology
Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/6120