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The Principles of Sociology, vol. 3 (1898)

This is vol. 3 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. 3.

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PREFACE.
PREFACE TO PART VI.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
CONTENTS OF VOL. III.
The Principles of Sociology, Vol. III
PART VI.: ECCLESIASTICAL INSTITUTIONS.
CHAPTER I.: THE RELIGIOUS IDEA.
CHAPTER II.: MEDICINE-MEN AND PRIESTS.
CHAPTER III.: PRIESTLY DUTIES OF DESCENDANTS.
CHAPTER IV.: ELDEST MALE DESCENDANTS AS QUASI-PRIESTS.
CHAPTER V.: THE RULER AS PRIEST.
CHAPTER VI.: THE RISE OF A PRIESTHOOD.
CHAPTER VII.: POLYTHEISTIC AND MONOTHEISTIC PRIESTHOODS.
CHAPTER VIII.: ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHIES.
CHAPTER IX.: AN ECCLESIASTICAL SYSTEM AS A SOCIAL BOND.
CHAPTER X.: THE MILITARY FUNCTIONS OF PRIESTS.
CHAPTER XI.: THE CIVIL FUNCTIONS OF PRIESTS.
CHAPTER XII.: CHURCH AND STATE.
CHAPTER XIII.: NONCONFORMITY.
CHAPTER XIV.: THE MORAL INFLUENCES OF PRIESTHOODS.
CHAPTER XV.: ECCLESIASTICAL RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.
CHAPTER XVI.*: RELIGIOUS RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.
PART VII.: PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
CHAPTER I.: PROFESSIONS IN GENERAL.
CHAPTER II.: PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
CHAPTER IV.: ORATOR AND POET, ACTOR AND DRAMATIST.
CHAPTER V.: BIOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN, AND MAN OF LETTERS.
CHAPTER VI.: MAN OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHER.
CHAPTER VII.: JUDGE AND LAWYER.
CHAPTER VIII.: TEACHER.
CHAPTER IX.: ARCHITECT.
CHAPTER X.: SCULPTOR.
CHAPTER XI.: PAINTER.
CHAPTER XII.: EVOLUTION OF THE PROFESSIONS.
PART VIII.: INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONS.
CHAPTER I.: INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II.: SPECIALIZATION OF FUNCTIONS AND DIVISION OF LABOUR.
CHAPTER III.: ACQUISITION AND PRODUCTION.
CHAPTER IV.: AUXILIARY PRODUCTION.
CHAPTER V.: DISTRIBUTION.
CHAPTER VI.: AUXILIARY DISTRIBUTION.
CHAPTER VII.: EXCHANGE.
CHAPTER VIII.: AUXILIARY EXCHANGE.
CHAPTER IX.: INTER-DEPENDENCE AND INTEGRATION.
CHAPTER X.: THE REGULATION OF LABOUR.
CHAPTER XI.: PATERNAL REGULATION.
CHAPTER XII.: PATRIARCHAL REGULATION.
CHAPTER XIII.: COMMUNAL REGULATION.
CHAPTER XIV.: GILD REGULATION.
CHAPTER XV.: SLAVERY.
CHAPTER XVI.: SERFDOM.
CHAPTER XVII.: FREE LABOUR AND CONTRACT.
CHAPTER XVIII.: COMPOUND FREE LABOUR.
CHAPTER XIX.: COMPOUND CAPITAL.
CHAPTER XX.: TRADE-UNIONISM.
CHAPTER XXI.: COOPERATION.
CHAPTER XXII.: SOCIALISM.
CHAPTER XXIII.: THE NEAR FUTURE.
CHAPTER XXIV.: CONCLUSION.
REFERENCES.
TITLES OF WORKS REFERRED TO.

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