Men Versus the State

`tellingly augments what has become a wealth of scholarship on the character of political argument in Britain during the last decades of the nineteenth century ... his book is a valuable addition to the literature on late-Victorian political thought.' American Historical Review, Oct 1993 `excellent account of the Spencerian complex in late-Victorian Britain' Times Higher Education Supplement `not only does the author make a contribution to the history of political thought; his work should be helpful to those trying to understand issues in the debate between liberals of the right and those on the left today' Abraham Hirsch, Brooklyn College, Emeritus, The Southern Economic Journal, July 1993 `The study makes a number of important negative claims. Taylor maintains convincingly that Spencer's evolutionary theory was neither Darwinian nor Lamarckian but rooted in classical mechanics.' EHR vol 110 issue 436 `an extremely engaging book ... Taylor has an admirable grasp of the literature and uses it to good effect in arguing cogently against many of the preconceptions and misunderstandings of Spencer's crucial ideas ... careful, scholarly and stimulating ... He has produced a highly original work which must serve as a reference point for future studies of Spencer's political thought.' David Boucher, University of Wales, Swansea, History of Political Thought, Vol. XVIII, Issue 1, Spring 1997