Sociology

Selected Readings on Sociology

Ludwig von Mises on “Sociology and History” (1933)

Source: Ludwig von Mises, Epistemological Problems of Economics, Indianapolis, Liberty Fund, 2013. Online Library of Liberty. 12/19/2013. Chapter 2 “Sociology and History.

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Author: Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973)

Millar and the Distinction of Ranks

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John Millar Subject Area: Sociology School of Thought: Scottish Enlightenment

Source: Introduction to Millar's The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks; or, An Inquiry into the Circumstances which give rise to…

Oppenheimer, The Genesis of the State (1922)

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Works by Oppenheimer Subject Area: Sociology

Source: A Chapter in Franz Openheimer's The State: Its History and Development viewed Sociologically, authorized translation by John M. Gitterman (New York: B.W.…

Spencer by Albert Jay Nock

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Works by Herbert Spencer

Source: The Man versus the State, with Six Essays on Government, Society and Freedom, ed. Eric Mack, introduction by Albert Jay Nock (Indianapolis: LibertyClassics, 1981).

Sumner, The Forgotten Man (1883)

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William Graham Sumner Subject Area: Sociology

Source: In Sumner's The Forgotten Man and Other Essays, ed. Albert Galloway Keller (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1918).

THE FORGOTTEN MAN [1883]
Sumner: his Writings

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Works by William Graham Sumner Subject Area: Sociology

Source: Editor's Introduction to War and Other Essays, ed. Albert Galloway Keller (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919).

INTRODUCTION

In 1872, when…

Turgot and Enlightened Progress

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Nisbet on Progress On Condorcet Biliographical Essay on Turgot

Source: This essay first appeared in the journal Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought, vol. II, no. 1 January/March 1979,…

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

Introduction

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Further Reading

Selected Chapters and Introductions from the Collection