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Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945 : Nature as Model and Nature as Threat by Mike Hawkins (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-10052157434X
ISBN-139780521574341
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309312145
Product Key Features
Number of Pages356 Pages
Publication NameSocial Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945 : Nature As Model and Nature As Threat
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectHistory & Theory, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorMike Hawkins
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18.4 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-020946
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"This new book by Mike Hawkins is valuable because it offers a clear and cogent explanation of the meaning and history of Scoial Darwinism." Larry Arnhart, Politics and the Life Sciences, "Hawkins provides a keen analysis of Social Darwinism in an important and thought-provoking work that will surely become the standard work on the subject for some time to come. It is a superb corrective to the fairly popular revisionist interpretation of Social Darwinism propagated by Robert Bannister and others....Hawkins has provided a useful definition and analysis of Social Darwinism on which future scholarship can build....his work is useful and can serve as a springboard for further study. It will also serve as a useful text in a variety of courses in the history of science and intellectual history." Richard Weikart, H-Net Reviews, 'Hawkins's important and ambitious book aims to show the profound adaptability of social Darwinism …' Contemporary European History, 'Hawkins's important and ambitious book aims to show the profound adaptability of social Darwinism ...' Contemporary European History, "Mike Hawkins has produced a comprehensive, informative, and useful review of the emergence and development of Social Darwinism in American and European thought. He has succeeded in showing that Social Darwinism constitues a world view that is much more complex and multifaceted than is often recognized." Richard Machalek, Cithara, "...this is an erudite book that deserves to be read. General readers; upper-division undergraduates and above." P. Kivisto, Choice, "We are fortunate to have this sweeping and accessible survey." Terence Hall, The Annals of the American Academy
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal304.5
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Part I. Defining Social Darwinism: Introduction: the identity of Social Darwinism; 1. Defining Social Darwinism; 2. The distinctiveness of Social Darwinism; Part II. Pioneers: 3. The emergence of Social Darwinism; 4. Herbert Spencer and cosmic evolution; 5. Social Darwinism in the USA; 6. Social Darwinism in France and Germany; Part III. Case Studies: 7. Reform Darwinism; 8. Races, nations and the struggle for existence; 9. The eugenic conscience; 10. Social Darwinism, nature and sexual difference; 11. Nazism, Fascism and Social Darwinism; Postscript: Social Darwinism old and new: the case of sociobiology; Bibliography.
SynopsisThis 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., This wide-ranging study focuses upon the controversies surrounding the meaning and significance of Social Darwinism. It clarifies the nature of Social Darwinism and its relationship to the ideas of Darwin, Lamarck and Herbert Spencer. After examining the development of Social Darwinist theories by a number of European and American thinkers, Mike Hawkins explores the use of these theories in a number of ideological debates and movements of the period 1860-1945. These include socio-political reform, national and racial conflict, eugenics, the position of women and Nazism/Fascism. The aim is to illuminate, through detailed comparative analyses, both the flexibility and the limits of Social Darwinism - limits which derive from the view of nature which lies at the very heart of Social Darwinism. The study concludes with a discussion of modern sociobiology in order to assess the continuing vitality of Social Darwinism., 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.
LC Classification NumberHM106 .H38 1997
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