Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945 Nature as Model and Nature as Threat

Name: Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945 Nature as Model and Nature as Threat
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ISBN: 9780521574341

ISBN-10: 052157434X

ISBN-13: 9780521574341

Edition: 1997

Authors: Mike Hawkins

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This wide-ranging study focuses upon the controversies surrounding Darwinism. It clarifies the nature of Social Darwinism and its relationship to the ideas of Darwin, Lamarck and Herbert Spencer.

Book details

List price: $55.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.09" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Defining Social Darwinism: Introduction: the identity of Social Darwinism



Defining Social Darwinism



The distinctiveness of Social Darwinism



Pioneers



The emergence of Social Darwinism



Herbert Spencer and cosmic evolution



Social Darwinism in the USA



Social Darwinism in France and Germany



Case Studies



Reform Darwinism



Races, nations and the struggle for existence



The eugenic conscience



Social Darwinism, nature and sexual difference



Nazism, Fascism and Social Darwinism


Postscript: Social Darwinism old and new: the case of sociobiology


Bibliography