Address on Opening the Institution for the Formation of Character, at New Lanark
Address on Opening the Institution for the Formation of Character, at New Lanark

Author: Robert Owen

Publisher:

Published: 1841

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13:

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An address by Robert Owen outlining his view of the malleability of human nature, and calling for a radical change in the way social institutions are established. Human progress is inhibited by the lack of knowledge about how human beings are to be educated so as to pursue productive activities and eschew debilitating vices.

Building a Social Science
Building a Social Science

Author: Kirsten Madden

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0197693733

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The Industrial Revolution offered promises of material abundance. In nineteenth century Britain, a series of major cooperative thinkers seized on these possibilities. In effect, they turned the mainstream economics of scarcity on its head and together shaped a humane social science. This book moves toward a reconstruction of nineteenth century British cooperative thought. The analysis is rich in insights still relevant to the present--insights concerning employment relations, persistent inequality, and low levels of human development.