num_pages: 356
description: 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.
language: English
title: Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860–1945: Nature as Model and Nature as Threat
titlecomplete: Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860–1945: Nature as Model and Nature as Threat
genres: History
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Cambridge University Press