Вард, Лестер

Вард, Лестер или Уорд (Ward) — aмepиканский социолог, автор "Динамической социологии" ("Dynamic Sociology", 1883, 2 т.), в которой проводится идея "антропотелеологизма", т. е. зависимость исторического процесса от постановки людьми целей, к осуществлению коих они и стремятся. Вот полный список журнальных статей В.: "The use and abuse of wealth" (Forum, 1885); "Broadening the way of success" (ib., 1886); "What shall the public schools teach?" (ib., 1886); "False notions of governement" (ib., 1887); "Moral and material progress contracted" ("Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington", 1887); "Our better halves" (Forum, 1888); "True and False civil service reform" ("The Historical American", 1888); "Some social and economic paradoxes" ("The american Anthropologik", 1889); "Genius and woman's intuition" (Forum, 1890); "The course of biological evolution — Annual address of the president of the Biological Society of Washington, delivered January 25, 1890" ("Proceedings", 1890); "The transmission of culture" (Forum, 1891); "Neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism" ("Annual Address of the President of the Biological Society of Washington, delivered January 24, 1891" ("Proceedings", 1891).