Social Darwinism in American Thought
ISBN-13:
9780807055038
ISBN-10:
0807055034
Edition:
Revised
Author:
Richard Hofstadter
Publication date:
1992
Publisher:
Beacon Press
Format:
Paperback
288 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780807055038
ISBN-10:
0807055034
Edition:
Revised
Author:
Richard Hofstadter
Publication date:
1992
Publisher:
Beacon Press
Format:
Paperback
288 pages
Summary
Social Darwinism in American Thought (ISBN-13: 9780807055038 and ISBN-10: 0807055034), written by authors
Richard Hofstadter, was published by Beacon Press in 1992.
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Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays 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 upon 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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