The nineteenth century was seemingly a period of great progress. Huge advancements and achievements were made in science, technology and industry that transformed life and work alike. But a growing pride in modernity and innovation was tainted by a sense of the loss of the past and the multiple threats which novelty posed. The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century Thought provides an impressive survey of the period's major ideas and trends. Leading scholars explore some of the most influential concepts and debates within philosophy, history, political thought, economics, religion and the social sciences, as well as feminism and imperialism. Some of these debates continued into the following century and many still remain relevant in the present day. This Companion is an excellent tool for readers seeking to understand the genesis of modern discourse across a range of humanities and social science subjects.

1. Introduction Gregory Claeys2. State and individual in political thought Georgios Varouxakis3. Remaking theology: orthodoxies and their critics John E. Wilson4. Philosophy in the wake of Hegel Norbert Waszek5. The origins of the social sciences Mike Gane6. Historical methods in Europe and America Adam Budd7. Capitalism and its critics Keith Tribe8. Individuality, the self, and concepts of mind Roger Smith9. Social Darwinism Gregory Claeys10. Feminist thought Wendy Hayden11. Race and empire in the nineteenth century Saree Makdisi12. Patterns of literary transformation Norman Vance.

Gregory Claeys, Royal Holloway, University of LondonGregory Claeys is Professor of the History of Political Thought in the Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a specialist in nineteenth-century radicalism and socialism.

Gregory Claeys, Georgios Varouxakis, John E. Wilson, Norbert Waszek, Mike Gane, Adam Budd, Keith Tribe, Roger Smith, Wendy Hayden, Saree Makdisi, Norman Vance