The Principles of Sociology

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The Principles of Sociology is a foundational 19th-century work by Herbert Spencer that systematically applies evolutionary theory to the study and organization of human societies.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
sociology book ⓘ
author Herbert Spencer ⓘ
coreConcept comparative method in sociology ⓘ
differentiation and integration in societies ⓘ
evolution of social institutions ⓘ
functional analysis of institutions ⓘ
militant and industrial societies ⓘ
society as a social organism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coversTopic ceremonial institutions ⓘ
ecclesiastical institutions ⓘ
family ⓘ
industrial institutions ⓘ
political institutions ⓘ
professional institutions ⓘ
social control ⓘ
field evolutionary sociology ⓘ
social sciences ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1876 ⓘ
genre academic literature ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish sociology as an academic discipline in the English-speaking world ⓘ
one of the earliest systematic treatises in sociology ⓘ
influenced comparative social anthropology ⓘ
early sociology ⓘ
social Darwinism ⓘ
structural functionalism ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
Herbert Spencer's theory of evolution ⓘ
evolutionary theory ⓘ
positivism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject comparative sociology ⓘ
social evolution ⓘ
social institutions ⓘ
social structure ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 3 ⓘ
partOf Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation evolutionism ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
publicationPeriodEnd 1896 ⓘ
publicationPeriodStart 1876 ⓘ
relatedWork First Principles ⓘ
The Study of Sociology ⓘ

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The Principles of Psychology → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Principles of Sociology ⓘ
subject surface form: The Principles of Psychology (Spencer)
Herbert Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy → hasPart → The Principles of Sociology ⓘ