Social Darwinism in American Thought - Couverture souple

Hofstadter, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807055034 ISBN 13 : 9780807055038

Editeur : Beacon Press, 1992

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Revue de presse :

A book that is in many ways a model of its kind . . . Mr. Hofstadter is compact, lucid, informed, vigorous . . . If you really want to know why and how some of the contradictions in American social thought came into being, Social Darwinism is as excellent a study as you can hope to find. —The New York Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Beacon Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0807055034
• ISBN 13: 9780807055038
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280