Lester Frank Ward

Lester Frank Ward ( born June 18, 1841 in Joliet, Illinois, † April 18, 1913 in Washington, DC) was an American sociologist and important founding father of American sociology and first president of the American Sociological Association.

Life and work

Based on its progress assumption, it was assumed social hardship and poverty could be minimized through well-planned government intervention, which is based on the Meliorism, here in the understanding of a science of improving society. A meddling in social and economic life of American society sociology should regulate competition that connect people on the basis of equality and cooperation, and the happiness and freedom of all promote. Ward This raised in opposition to the then prevalent in business, politics and sociology Social Darwinist ideas and the laissez-faire doctrine and the Entwicklungsdeterminismus.

Works

  • Guide to the Flora of Washington, D.C. and Vicinity. Washington, 1881.
  • Dynamic Sociology, Or Applied social science as bases upon statical sociology and the less complex sciences, (2 volumes), New York, Appleton & Co., 1883 (2nd edition, 1897). Vol I. (Version in the Web archive WebCite ) ( 2,430 KB - PDF) - Vol II ( version dated January 3, 2007 at the Internet Archive) ( 2,396 KB - PDF)
  • Sketch of Paleo - Botany, Washington, 1885.
  • Synopsis of the Flora of the Laramie Group, 1886.
  • Types of the Laramie Flora, 1887.
  • The Psychic Factors Of Civilization ( version in the web archive WebCite ), Boston, Ginn & Co., 1893 ( 1726 KB - PDF).
  • Contributions to Social Philosophy ( version dated January 3, 2007 at the Internet Archive ), 1895-1897. ( 596 KB - PDF)
  • Outlines of Sociology ( version dated January 3, 2007 at the Internet Archive ), New York, Macmillan, 1898 ( reprint 1913). (609 KB - PDF)
  • Contemporary Sociology ( version dated January 3, 2007 at the Internet Archive ), Am.. Journal of Sociology, 1902 (333 KB - PDF)
  • Pure Sociology. A Treatise on the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society ( version dated January 3, 2007 at the Internet Archive ), Boston, Ginn & Co., 1903 ( 2625 KB - PDF).
  • Pure sociology. A treatise on the origin and spontaneous development of society. Übers v. J. v. Unger. 2 vols Innsbruck, Wagner 1907 /09.
  • A text -book of Sociology, zus with James Q. Dealey, London, Macmillan, 1905.
  • Applied Sociology. A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by Society ( version dated January 3, 2007 at the Internet Archive ), Boston, Ginn & Co., 1906. ( 2,305 KB - PDF)
  • Glimpses of the Cosmos, Comprising His Minor Contributions Now Republished, Together with Biographical and Historical Sketches of All His Writings, New York & London: GP Putnam's Sons, 1913-1918. 6 volumes, posthumously.
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