Tag Archives: Spencer

Spencer, Hodgskin, and Land Rights

18th
May. × ’12

As “everyone knows,” Herbert Spencer was a reactionary defender of capitalism and an opponent of socialism, while Thomas Hodgskin was a proto-Marxian defender of socialism and an opponent of capitalism; so what should one expect from Hodgskin’s review (now online) of Spencer’s Social Statics? The right answer, it turns out, is almost total agreement: “there [...]

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Cordial and Sanguine, Part 28: Groundpounders at War

26th
Apr. × ’12

This land is your land
 this land is my land
 looks like one of us
 has a fake deed to this land — Dave Barry (?) This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it … ‘This Land.’ — Wash In addition to [...]

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Cordial and Sanguine, Part 26: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued Some More

23rd
Apr. × ’12

My latest contribution to the symposium is finally up, as is a “best of the blogs” roundup.

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Cordial and Sanguine, Part 22: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued

4th
Apr. × ’12

Greetings from Seattle! My entry in the aforementioned Cato Unbound symposium is now up. It’s titled “In Praise of Bleeding Heart Absolutism.”

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Part of an Original Crowd

26th
Aug. × ’11

Sheldon has a nice post on why proper individualism is not atomistic – wherein he cites Aristotle, Spencer, and … me! In related news, I’ve argued elsewhere that it is the least atomistic forms of individualism that have the strongest claim to be called radical individualism.

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Herbert Spencer’s Hat Trick

19th
Jun. × ’11

A correspondent writes: Saints be praised! Herbert Spencer has received a surprisingly positive and balanced assessment in a ‘popular’ source. 2012 must be the end of time! The article is actually fairly positive (albeit superficial) about Spencer’s ideas, but makes Spencer the person sound a bit of a jerk. But that’s fair, because he was.

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