Victorian Psychology and British Culture 1850-1880

by Rick Rylance

Overview

This book offers a history of the interdisciplinary development of Victorian psychology alongside detailed studies of three leading writers: Alexander Bain, Herbert Spencer, and G. H. Lewes. Examining work in several different fields, including evolutionary theory, philosophy, literature, and the bio-medical sciences, it sets the development of psychology in the context of the social and intellectual pressures of the time. The book includes detailed analyses of the work of George Eliot, whose writing is saturated with ideas developed alongside those of the great psychologists who formed her circle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198122838
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/09/2000
Pages:	365
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge

Table of Contents

IntroductionI Generalities: A discrimination of types of psychological theoryThe discourse of the soulThe discourse of philosophyThe discourse of physiology in general biologyThe discourse of medicineII Particulars: Three writers in their times and contextsAlexander Bain and the new psychology of the higher facultiesHerbert Spencer and the beginnings of evolutionary psychologyG. H. Lewes: History, mind, and languageBibliographyIndex