The Principles of Sociology, vol. 2 (1898)

This is vol. 2 of the third revised edition of Herbert Spencer’s magnum opus on sociology which was first published in 1876. In vol. 1 he defines what his theory of sociology is, how human beings associate with each other in communities, how institution evolve over time, and begins his analysis of institutions with a section on the family, marriage, women and children. In vol. 2 he covers “ceremonial” institutions and political institutions (with his famous distinction between militant and industrial types of society). In vol. 3 he discusses ecclesiastical institutions, professional institutions, and “industrial” (or economic) institutions.
The Principles of Sociology, in Three Volumes (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898). Vol. 2.
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- Author: Herbert Spencer
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE TO PART IV.*
- PREFACE TO PART V.
- PREFACE TO PART VI.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
- The Principles of Sociology, Vol. II
- PART IV.: CEREMONIAL INSTITUTIONS.
- CHAPTER I.: CEREMONY IN GENERAL.
- CHAPTER II.: TROPHIES.
- CHAPTER III.: MUTILATIONS.
- NOTE TO CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.: PRESENTS.
- CHAPTER V.: VISITS.
- CHAPTER VI.: OBEISANCES.
- CHAPTER VII.: FORMS OF ADDRESS.
- CHAPTER VIII.: TITLES.
- CHAPTER IX.: BADGES AND COSTUMES.
- CHAPTER X.: FURTHER CLASS-DISTINCTIONS.
- CHAPTER XII.: CEREMONIAL RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.
- ADDENDA.
- PART V.: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
- CHAPTER I.: PRELIMINARY.
- CHAPTER II.: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN GENERAL.
- CHAPTER III.: POLITICAL INTEGRATION.
- CHAPTER IV.: POLITICAL DIFFERENTIATION.
- CHAPTER V.: POLITICAL FORMS AND FORCES.
- CHAPTER VI.: POLITICAL HEADS—CHIEFS, KINGS, etc.
- CHAPTER VII.: COMPOUND POLITICAL HEADS.
- CHAPTER VIII.: CONSULTATIVE BODIES.
- CHAPTER IX.: REPRESENTATIVE BODIES.
- CHAPTER X.: MINISTRIES.
- CHAPTER XI.: LOCAL GOVERNING AGENCIES.
- CHAPTER XII.: MILITARY SYSTEMS.
- CHAPTER XIII.: JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE SYSTEMS.
- CHAPTER XIV.: LAWS.
- CHAPTER XV.: PROPERTY.
- CHAPTER XVI.: REVENUE.
- CHAPTER XVII.: THE MILITANT TYPE OF SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER XVIII.: THE INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER XIX.: POLITICAL RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.
- REFERENCES.
- CEREMONIAL INSTITUTIONS.
- TITLES OF WORKS REFERRED TO.
- REFERENCES.
- POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
- TITLES OF WORKS REFERRED TO.