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Social Darwinism / Jeffrey O'Connell (Florida State University), Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

O'Connell, Jeffrey, ca. 20./21. Jh. [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Ruse, Michael, 1940- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2021

71 Seiten

Englisch

Literaturverzeichnis Seite 65-71

978-1-108-79380-3 (pbk)

978-1-108-87902-6 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

9781108793803

OCoLC: 1355009394     

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/9781108879026

HM631

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GND-Schlagwörter: Sozialdarwinismus

LOC-SH: Social Darwinism

This Element is a philosophical history of Social Darwinism. It begins by discussing the meaning of the term, moving then to its origins, paying particular attention to whether it is Charles Darwin or Herbert Spencer who is the true father of the idea. It gives an exposition of early thinking on the subject, covering Darwin and Spencer themselves and then on to Social Darwinism as found in American thought, with special emphasis on Andrew Carnegie, and Germany with special emphasis on Friedrich von Bernhardi. Attention is also paid to outliers, notably the Englishman Alfred Russel Wallace, the Russian Peter Kropotkin, and the German Friedrich Nietzsche. From here we move into the twentieth century looking at Adolf Hitler -- hardly a regular Social Darwinian given he did not believe in evolution -- and in the Anglophone world, Julian Huxley and Edward O. Wilson, who reflected the concerns of their society.--publisher's website