Matthew D. Eddy
The Politics of Cognition: Liberalism and the Evolutionary Origins of Victorian Education
Eddy, Matthew D.
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Abstract
In recent years the historical relationship between scientific experts and the state has received increasing scrutiny. Such experts played important roles in the creation and regulation of environmental organizations and functioned as agents dispatched by politicians or bureaucrats to assess health-related problems and concerns raised by the public or the judiciary. But when it came to making public policy, scientists played another role that has received less attention. In addition to acting as advisers and assessors, some scientists were democratically elected members of local and national legislatures. In this essay I draw attention to this phenomenon by examining how liberal politicians and intellectuals used Darwinian cognitive science to conceptualize the education of children in Victorian Britain.
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Eddy, M. D. (2017). The Politics of Cognition: Liberalism and the Evolutionary Origins of Victorian Education. British Journal for the History of Science, 50(4), 677-699. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087417000863
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 6, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 11, 2017 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Jul 6, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 7, 2017 |
Journal | British Journal for the History of Science |
Print ISSN | 0007-0874 |
Electronic ISSN | 1474-001X |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 677-699 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087417000863 |
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