Social Evolution and Political Theory

CONTENTS
The Meaning of Progress
Progress and the Struggle for Existence
The Value and Limitations of Eugenics
Social Harmony and the Social Mind
Social Morphology
The Growth of the State
Evolution and Progress
Social Philosophy and Modern Problems
The Individual and the State
Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse, more commonly known as L.T. Hobhouse, was a British sociologist (1864 - 1929) known for his comparative studies of social development. He was one of the leading social theorists of his generation and is noted for his prominence in the fields of liberalism and sociology. In 1907 he became the first Professor of Sociology in a British university. He was pivotal in the establishment and foundation of sociology as an academic discipline and in the refinement of its methodology.