Social Darwinism in American Thought

Social Darwinism in American Thought

by Richard Hofstadter
ISBN-10:
0807055034
ISBN-13:
9780807055038
Pub. Date:
09/01/1992
Publisher:
Beacon Press
ISBN-10:
0807055034
ISBN-13:
9780807055038
Pub. Date:
09/01/1992
Publisher:
Beacon Press
Social Darwinism in American Thought

Social Darwinism in American Thought

by Richard Hofstadter
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Overview

Are society's disadvantaged doomed to get "selected out" of the economic pool? Is America's social landscape a battleground for "survival of the fittest, where only the strong endure? Once again, biology is being used to explain human development, and right-wing ideologues claim reluctance to intervene in the "natural" workings of the economy. Richard Hofstadter's now-classic work offers important insight into how ideas borne out of evolutionary theory continue to effect American values. Tracing the impact of Darwin on thinkers throughout the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, Social Darwinism shows how a politically neutral scientific theory has been adapted with skillful rhetoric to contradictory purposes.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780807055038
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 09/01/1992
Edition description: Revised Edition
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 701,655
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) was a Dewitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University and author of many books. He was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for The Age of Reform and Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
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