The development of English psychological sociology well illustrates the general progress of psychological interpretations of social and political processes and institutions. It exemplifies the biological background of the origins of this approach to social analysis; the reaction against the intellectualistic trend in the Benthamite felicific calculus and hedonism, evident in the emphasis upon super-rational religion, organic sympathy, and instincts as social influences; and, finally, the recognition that social progress requires a conscious control of the social process by will and intellect. Bagehot's work was an example of the manner in which English psychological sociology grew out of the evolutionary framework supplied by the impulse from the Darwinian doctrine. Kidd led in the assault upon reason as a socializing influence and stressed the predominant importance of religion as a super-rational factor, required hold in check the individualistic and anarchistic effects of reason.