Free agent or 'conscious automaton'? Contrasting interpretations of the individual in Spencer's writing on social and moral life

Sociological Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Offer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042474525     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.00405     Document Type: Review

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