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Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Sociology, vol. 1 (1898) [1876]
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The Principles of Sociology, in Three Volumes (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898). Vol. 1.
- Author: Herbert Spencer
Volume 1 of a three volume set. This volume covers the scope and methodology of sociology, the nature of society, and domestic institutions such as the family, women, and children.
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The text is in the public domain.
Table of Contents: Vol. I
- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- PREFACE TO VOL. I.
- CONTENTS.
- The Principles of Sociology, Vol. I
- PART I: THE DATA OF SOCIOLOGY.
- CHAPTER I: SUPER-ORGANIC EVOLUTION.
- CHAPTER II: THE FACTORS OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA.
- CHAPTER III: ORIGINAL EXTERNAL FACTORS.
- CHAPTER IV: ORIGINAL INTERNAL FACTORS.
- CHAPTER V: THE PRIMITIVE MAN—PHYSICAL.
- CHAPTER VI: THE PRIMITIVE MAN—EMOTIONAL.
- CHAPTER VII: THE PRIMITIVE MAN—INTELLECTUAL.
- CHAPTER VIII: PRIMITIVE IDEAS.
- CHAPTER IX: THE IDEAS OF THE ANIMATE AND THE INANIMATE.
- CHAPTER X: THE IDEAS OF SLEEP AND DREAMS.
- CHAPTER XI: THE IDEAS OF SWOON, APOPLEXY, CATALEPSY, ECSTASY, AND OTHER FORMS OF INSENSIBILITY.
- CHAPTER XII: THE IDEAS OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
- CHAPTER XIII: THE IDEAS OF SOULS, GHOSTS, SPIRITS, DEMONS, ETC.
- CHAPTER XIV: THE IDEAS OF ANOTHER LIFE.
- CHAPTER XV: THE IDEAS OF ANOTHER WORLD.
- CHAPTER XVI: THE IDEAS OF SUPERNATURAL AGENTS.
- CHAPTER XVII: SUPERNATURAL AGENTS AS CAUSING EPILEPSY AND CONVULSIVE ACTIONS, DELIRIUM AND INSANITY, DISEASE AND DEATH.
- CHAPTER XVIII: INSPIRATION, DIVINATION, EXORCISM, AND SORCERY.
- CHAPTER XIX: SACRED PLACES, TEMPLES, AND ALTARS; SACRIFICE, FASTING, AND PROPITIATION; PRAISE, PRAYER, ETC.
- CHAPTER XX: ANCESTOR-WORSHIP IN GENERAL.
- CHAPTER XXI: IDOL-WORSHIP AND FETICH-WORSHIP.
- CHAPTER XXII: ANIMAL-WORSHIP.
- CHAPTER XXIII: PLANT-WORSHIP.
- CHAPTER XXIV: NATURE-WORSHIP.
- CHAPTER XXV: DEITIES.
- CHAPTER XXVI: THE PRIMITIVE THEORY OF THINGS.
- CHAPTER XXVII: THE SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY.
- PART II: THE INDUCTIONS OF SOCIOLOGY.
- CHAPTER I: WHAT IS A SOCIETY?
- CHAPTER II: A SOCIETY IS AN ORGANISM.
- CHAPTER III: SOCIAL GROWTH.
- CHAPTER IV: SOCIAL STRUCTURES.
- CHAPTER V: SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
- CHAPTER VI: SYSTEMS OF ORGANS.
- CHAPTER VII: THE SUSTAINING SYSTEM.
- CHAPTER VIII: THE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.
- CHAPTER IX: THE REGULATING SYSTEM.
- CHAPTER X: SOCIAL TYPES AND CONSTITUTIONS.
- CHAPTER XI: SOCIAL METAMORPHOSES.
- CHAPTER XII: QUALIFICATIONS AND SUMMARY.
- POSTSCRIPT TO PART II.
- PART III: DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS.
- CHAPTER I: THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES.
- CHAPTER II: THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF THE SPECIES, OF THE PARENTS, AND OF THE OFFSPRING.
- CHAPTER III: PRIMITIVE RELATIONS OF THE SEXES.
- CHAPTER IV: EXOGAMY AND ENDOGAMY.
- CHAPTER V: PROMISCUITY.
- CHAPTER VI: POLYANDRY.
- CHAPTER VII: POLYGYNY.
- CHAPTER VIII: MONOGAMY.*
- CHAPTER IX: THE FAMILY.
- CHAPTER X: THE STATUS OF WOMEN.
- CHAPTER XI: THE STATUS OF CHILDREN.
- CHAPTER XII: DOMESTIC RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.
- APPENDICES.
- APPENDIX A: FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRIMITIVE THOUGHT.
- APPENDIX B: THE MYTHOLOGICAL THEORY.
- APPENDIX C: THE LINGUISTIC METHOD OF THE MYTHOLOGISTS.
- REFERENCES.
- TITLES OF WORKS REFERRED TO.