دانلود کتاب Evolutionary Social Theory and Political Economy: Philosophy and Applications

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Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Goal and Purpose of this Study
Scope and Method of this Study
Plan of this Study
1 The Origins of Evolutionary Social Theory
Introduction
Natural Philosophy and the Newtonian World View
Civil, or Moral Philosophy
Philosophical History and Political Economy in the Scottish and French Enlightenment
Conclusion
2 The Development of Evolutionary Social Theory: 1815–1871
Introduction
Philosophy of Science in the Early and Mid-19th Century
Evolutionary Theory: Biological and Social before Darwin
The Trajectory of Political Economy
Darwin’s Biology
The Ramifications of Darwin’s Theories
Conclusion
3 Social Evolutionism and Political Economy after Darwin
Introduction
Darwin’s Impact on Philosophy of Science
The More General Theory of Sociology
The End of Political Economy: Marx, Marshall and Veblen
Conclusion
4 The Dénouement of Evolutionary Social Theory
Introduction
Philosophy of Science in the Early and Mid-20th Century
Evolutionary Social Theory: Marginalization and Reaction in the Social Sciences
Conclusion
5 The Resurrection of Evolutionary Social Theory: Back to the Center?
Introduction
Philosophy of Science: Neo-Positivism
Ontology and Epistemology: Critical Realism and Critical Common Sensism
Contemporary Evolutionary Biology: An Overview
Biology and Evolutionary Social Theory
Toward the Neo-Evolutionary Synthesis
Conclusion
6 Conclusion
Index