Political descent : Malthus, mutualism, and the politics of evolution in Victorian England /
Hale, Piers J.,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The politics of evolution -- Every cheating tradesman: the political economy of natural selection -- A very social darwinist: Herbert Spencer's Lamarckian radicalism -- A liberal descent: Charles Darwin and the evolution of ethics -- Liberals and socialists: the politics of evolution in Victorian England -- Malthus or mutualism?: Huxley, Kropotkin, and the moral meaning of Darwinism -- Of mice and men: Malthus, Weismann, and the future of socialism -- Fear of falling: evolutionary degeneration and the politics of panmixia -- Conclusion: Political descent: anticipations of the Twentieth Century and beyond -- Afterword: Engaging the present.
Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829
Social evolution
Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences
Political science
Social Darwinism
Evolution (Biology)
Malthusianism
Mutualism