Social Darwinism in American Thought
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Social Darwinism in American Thought by Richard Hofstadter
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.Richard Hofstadter was one of the most influential American historians and public intellectuals of the twentieth century, having been born in 1916. Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Social Darwinism in American Thinking, 1860-1915, The American Political Tradition, and others are among his writings. In 1970, he passed away.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807055038 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807055034 |
| Title | Social Darwinism in American Thought |
| Author | Richard Hofstadter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Beacon Press |
| Year published | 1992-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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