, ▁both ▁determined ▁to ▁claim ▁" the ▁science ▁of ▁society " ▁as ▁their ▁own . ▁The ▁champion ▁of ▁the ▁conserv atives ▁and ▁business men ▁was ▁Herbert ▁Sp encer ; ▁he ▁was ▁opposed ▁on ▁the ▁left ▁by ▁Karl ▁Marx . ▁Although ▁Sp encer ▁and ▁Marx ▁disag re ed ▁about ▁many ▁things ▁they ▁were ▁similar ▁in ▁that ▁their ▁systems ▁were ▁static : ▁they ▁both ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁div ined ▁the ▁imm utable ▁stages ▁of ▁development ▁that ▁a ▁society ▁went ▁through ▁and ▁they ▁both ▁taught ▁that ▁man kind ▁was ▁essentially ▁hel pl ess ▁before ▁the ▁force ▁of ▁evolution . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁two - volume , ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 - page , ▁Dynamic ▁Soci ology : ▁Or ▁App lied ▁Social ▁Science ▁as ▁Based ▁Upon ▁Stat ical ▁Soci ology ▁and ▁the ▁Less ▁Complex ▁Sciences ( 1 8 8 3 ), ▁L ester ▁Ward ▁hoped ▁to ▁restore ▁the ▁central ▁importance ▁of ▁experiment ation ▁and ▁the ▁scientific ▁method ▁to ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁soci ology . ▁For ▁Ward ▁science ▁wasn ' t ▁cold ▁or ▁imp erson al ; ▁it ▁was ▁human - center ed ▁and ▁results - orient ed . ▁As ▁he ▁put ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁Pref ace ▁to ▁Dynamic ▁Soci ology , ▁" The ▁real ▁object ▁of ▁science ▁is ▁to ▁benefit ▁man . ▁A ▁science ▁which ▁fails ▁to ▁do ▁this , ▁however ▁agree able ▁its ▁study , ▁is ▁lif eless . ▁Soci ology , ▁which ▁of ▁all ▁sciences ▁should ▁benefit ▁man ▁most , ▁is ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁falling ▁into ▁the ▁class ▁of ▁pol