The following events related to sociology occurred in 1850s.

1850

Events

• Karl Marx The Class Struggles in France is published.

1851

Events

• Herbert Spencer's Social Statics is published.

1852

Events

• Karl Marx's The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte is published.

Births

• August 23: Arnold Toynbee

1854

Events

• Auguste Comte's The System of Positive Philosophy is published.

1855

Events

• S ren Kierkegaard's Attack Upon Christendom is published.
• Pierre Guillaume Fr d ric le Play's Les Ouvriers europ ens is published.

1856

Events

• Pierre Guillaume Fr d ric le Play founds the Soci t internationale des tudes pratiques d' conomie sociale.

1857

Events

• Karl Marx's Grundrisse is written (but not published until 1941).

1859

Events

• Karl Marx's A Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy is published.

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