Brains and Numbers
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Brains and Numbers

Elitism, Comtism, and Democracy in Mid-Victorian England

  1. 226 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Brains and Numbers

Elitism, Comtism, and Democracy in Mid-Victorian England

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This perceptive study of the English academic scene traces the emergence of Comtism in the university community and examines its expression in the ideas of Frederic Harrison and John Morley.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. PART ONE: ACADEMIC RADICALS: 1840-68
  5. 1. Elitism, the Clerisy, and University Reform at Oxford
  6. 2. Seeking the Nation: 1848-67
  7. 3. The Alliance of Brains and Numbers
  8. PART TWO: COMTE IN AN ENGLISH SETTING
  9. 4. From Oxford to Comte
  10. 5. The Search for the Proletariat
  11. 6. Rhetoric and Respectability
  12. PART THREE: POLITICS AND THE INTELLECTUAL: JOHN MORLEY AND FREDERIC HARRISON
  13. 7. The Vocation of the Intellectual
  14. 8. The Retreat into Politics: John Morley
  15. 9. The Retreat from Politics: Frederic Harrison
  16. Epilogue: Innocence and Experience
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index