Energy and society: Herbert spencer's 'energetic sociology' of social evolution and beyond

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-455

  McKinnon, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

differentiation; energy; environment; integration; social evolution; Spencer

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649532832     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: 17412897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X10385184     Document Type: Article

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