{"product_id":"brains-and-numbers-christopher-kent-9781487592264","title":"Brains and Numbers: Elitism, Comtism, and Democracy in Mid-Victorian England","description":"\u003cp\u003eA group of Oxford graduates, influenced by Arnold and later by Comte, formed the core of a generation of academic radicals who attempted to define the role of an educated 駘ite in an emerging industrial mass democracy. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe social and political dimensions of Comte's ideology in England are commonly considered to have been obscured by the tendency to regard it as a sort of eccentric religious sect. This study demonstrates the subtlety with which Harrison applied positivist ideas to mid-Victorian politics and the generally underestimated influence of Comte in Morley's political thought. Both men looked to the frank 駘iticism of Comte in Morley's political thought - in both thought and action - the political claims of 'brains and numbers.' It was, as the book shows, an attempt singularly appropriate to the requirements of an educated middle class. Set within the context of mid-Victorian academic radicalism, the appeal of Comtism becomes more clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together a complex of philosophical, political, and religious ideas. It reflects the Victorian intellectual's perspective on the process and problems of social change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Kent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487592264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487592264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Christopher Kent","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124017918207,"sku":"9781487592264","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c7e5aa1-b52f-4d3a-b7ed-37821932c4c5.jpg?v=1687434253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brains-and-numbers-christopher-kent-9781487592264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}