Men Versus the State: Herbert Spencer and Late Victorian Individualism

by Miles Taylor

A study of the political philosophy of Herbert Spencer, this book examines the thought of the man considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of Victorian Britain, and the ideas of the Individualists, a group of political thinkers inspired by him to uphold the policy of laissez-faire during the 1880s and 1890s. Despite their important contribution to nineteenth-century political debate, these thinkers have been neglected by historians, who Taylor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198202393
• ISBN13: 9780198202394
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"