In 1883 Lester F. Ward, the first president of the American Sociological Association, published Dynamic Sociology—Or Applied social science as based upon statical sociology and the less complex sciences and attacked the laissez-faire sociology of Herbert Spencer and Sumner.
I 1883 udgav Lester F. Ward, den første formand for American Sociological Association, Dynamic Sociology—Or Applied social science as based upon statical sociology and the less complex sciences og angreb Sumners og Herbert Spencers laissez-faire sociologi.