The Religion of Humanity: The Impact of Comtean Positivism on Victorian Britain

by T.R. Wright

The Religion of Humanity, first expounded by the founder of Positivism, Auguste Comte, focused the minds of a wide range of prominent Victorians on the possibility of replacing Christianity with an alternative religion based on scientific principles and humanist values. This new book traces the impact of Comte's 'religion' on Victorian Britain, showing how its ideas were championed by John Stuart Mill and George Henry Lewes before being institutionalised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521078970
• ISBN13: 9780521078979
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"