This essay focuses on issues of appropriation, translation and circulation of knowledge, without forgetting the Italian cultural and political contexts, which contributed to the great success that Spencer’s works had south of the Alps from the late 1870s onward. Professional scientists and popularizers, men and women, have been followed in their use and abuse of Spencerism in Italian science and social policies.
Govoni, P. (2016). The Importance of Being Quantified. Herbert Spencer in Liberal Italy, and Beyond. Boston and Leiden : Brill [10.1163/9789004264007_012].
The Importance of Being Quantified. Herbert Spencer in Liberal Italy, and Beyond
GOVONI, PAOLA
2016
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This essay focuses on issues of appropriation, translation and circulation of knowledge, without forgetting the Italian cultural and political contexts, which contributed to the great success that Spencer’s works had south of the Alps from the late 1870s onward. Professional scientists and popularizers, men and women, have been followed in their use and abuse of Spencerism in Italian science and social policies.File in questo prodotto:
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