This paper deals with the economic and social doctrine of Thomas Carlyle, famous Scottish writer from the nineteenth century. Firstly, we review some basic aspects of England's society and her industrial capitalism at that time. Next, the religious and philosophical influences on Carlyle's social thought are retrieved. After that, we discuss both his approach to history and his version of the French Revolution for, in the sequence, introducing his critique of the Victorian economy. In the end, we evaluate the advances and contradictions of his social theory.
calvinism; revolution; capitalism