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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Physics And Politics : Or Thoughts On The Application Of The Principles Of Natural Selection And Inheritance To Political Society by Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot 1826-1877 was an eminent British journalist, businessman and political commentator. After graduating from University College, London, in 1848, Bagehot joined his fathers banking business. In 1857 he began to write articles for The Economist and became editor in 1861, a position he held until his death. This volume, first published in 1872, contains Bagehots discussion of the scientific principles of progress in a society. Incorporating aspects of other social disciplines, including anthropology and Darwinian evolutionary theory, Bagehot traces the development of political society from an assumed pre-political age to the development of nation-states, and examines the developments necessary for evolution into a liberal, trade-oriented society. Bagehots appreciation of both conservative and liberal values is evident in this volume, which provides a valuable example of the influence of Darwinian thought in the late nineteenth century. This text is reissued from the 1873 second edition.show more