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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452911303321

Autore

Staum Martin S

Titolo

Nature and nurture in French social sciences, 1859-1914 and beyond [[electronic resource] /] / Martin S. Staum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MontreĢal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-53161-5

9786613844064

0-7735-8594-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 53

Disciplina

300.94409/034

Soggetti

Social sciences - France - History - 19th century

Social sciences - France - History - 20th century

Nature and nurture - France - History - 19th century

Nature and nurture - France - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to the Nature-Nuture Debate -- 2. The Ethnographers -- 3. The Anthropologists -- 4. Ribot and Psychological Heredity -- 5. Heredity and Milieu in the Revue philosophique -- 6. Alfred Binet: From Measuring Heads to Testing Intelligence -- 7. The Non-Durkeimian Sociologists -- 8. Reorientation of Institutions -- 9. Echoes in the Vichy Era -- 10. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Deals with the dilemmas of early French social scientists inclined to stress either heredity or environment, but forced to concede the influence of both.