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Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915

Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915

Hofstadter, Richard

Hardcover

Series: Anniversary Collection

Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1512812358
ISBN13: 9781512812350
Publisher: Univ Penn Pr Anniversary Colle
Published: Jan 29 1944
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Social Darwinism in American Thought examines the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils--as well as the benefits--of laissez-faire modern industrial society. Others, such as William James and John Dewey, argued that human planning was needed to direct social development and improve on the natural order.

Hofstadter's classic study of the ramifications of Darwinism is a major analysis of the social philosophies that animated intellectual movements of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.

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