1850s in sociology
The following events related to sociology occurred in the 1850s.
1850
Events1851
Events- Herbert Spencer's Social Statics is published.
1852
Events- Karl Marx's The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte is published.
- August 23: Arnold Toynbee
1854
Events- Auguste Comte's The System of Positive Philosophy is published.
1855
Events- Søren Kierkegaard's Attack Upon Christendom is published.
- Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play's Les Ouvriers européens is published.
1856
Events- Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play founds the Société internationale des études pratiques d'économie sociale.
1857
Events- Karl Marx's Grundrisse is written.
1859
Events- Karl Marx's A Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy is published.