H. Spencer

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 512.

Charles Darwin

Sir Charles Lyell

Henry Spencer

Carl Marx

John Stuart Mill

- philosopher, mathematician

- his discipline was logic, civil rights (he didn't use this term but talked about human dignity, etc., women should be granted for voting)

- human being has rights because of being a human being (sex, colour of skin- not important)

- 1^st conception of capitalism & communism

- sociologist

- developed theories “social determinism”

- geology; controversial books

- “the Earth is longer than the Bible put it”- undermined the Bible

- Earth was not created as single process as thesis presented in the Bible but it was long process

- theory of revolution interested in animals, biologist

- were totally heresy in 19^th century

- “if you're so poor, have no money-you should die & not propagate ypur poor genres”

improvements:

- hygienic

- fixing bread price

A MAN:

Family man, believes in hard work

But:

Many public houses, many pornographic papers (underneath) à hypocrisy

WYKŁAD 8

VICTORIAN EPOQUE

Press:

- development of the press

- number of newspapers- more than 100 titles (most of society were illiterate; now when most of people are literate, small amount of titles exists)

- debates in the press (political, theory of evolution, etc)

- film/books reviews- were serious discussions, long (even 30-40 pages long)

- discussions about everything

- everyone could become a writer to the newspaper (they wanted people to express their opinion)