Ebook: Victorian Psychology and British Culture 1850-1880
Author: Rick Rylance
- Tags: Victorian psychology human mind cultural debate Bain Spencer Lewes George Eliot evolution materialism psychological theory
- Year: 2000
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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.
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.
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