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

• Autore: Staum Martin S
• Pubblicazione: Montréal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 300.94409/034
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nature and nurture in French social sciences, 1859-1914 and beyond
• ISBN: 1-283-53161-5; 9786613844064; 0-7735-8594-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452911303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 53.