Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 18601945 by Mike Hawkins

Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 18601945 by Mike Hawkins

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This wide-ranging study focuses upon the controversies surrounding the meaning and significance of Social Darwinism. Exploring several debates and movements of the period 1860-1945, including eugenics, the position of women, and Nazism/Fascism, Dr Hawkins guides the reader through a difficult and complex subject.

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Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 18601945 by Mike Hawkins

This original and wide-ranging study clarifies the meaning of Social Darwinism and demonstrates its relevance through a study of European and American social and political thinkers. It is the only study of Social Darwinism that combines the study of individual thinkers with the distinctive ideological themes (e.g., eugenics) and does so in a comprehensive historical and comparative framework. A wide spectrum of academic readers will enjoy Dr. Hawkins' lucid and subtle analysis and find it a useful guide through a difficult and complex subject.
'Hawkins's important and ambitious book aims to show the profound adaptability of social Darwinism …' Contemporary European History
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ISBN 13 9780521574341
ISBN 10 052157434X
Title Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 18601945
Author Mike Hawkins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1997-03-13
Number of pages 356
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