{"product_id":"social-darwinism-in-european-and-american-thought-1860-1945-nature-as-model-and-nature-as-threat-paperback-9780521574341","title":"Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860–1945; Nature as Model and Nature as Threat (Paperback) 9780521574341","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860–1945\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNature as Model and Nature as Threat\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn analysis of the ideological influence of Social Darwinists in Europe and America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMike Hawkins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521574341, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 March 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Hawkins's important and ambitious book aims to show the profound adaptability of social Darwinism …' Contemporary European History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Defining Social Darwinism: Introduction: the identity of Social Darwinism\u003cbr\u003e 1. Defining Social Darwinism\u003cbr\u003e 2. The distinctiveness of Social Darwinism\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Pioneers: 3. The emergence of Social Darwinism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Herbert Spencer and cosmic evolution\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social Darwinism in the USA\u003cbr\u003e 6. Social Darwinism in France and Germany\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Case Studies: 7. Reform Darwinism\u003cbr\u003e 8. Races, nations and the struggle for existence\u003cbr\u003e 9. The eugenic conscience\u003cbr\u003e 10. Social Darwinism, nature and sexual difference\u003cbr\u003e 11. Nazism, Fascism and Social Darwinism\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: Social Darwinism old and new: the case of sociobiology\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000911155480,"sku":"9780521574341","price":40.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521574341i_593df8ac-905e-4062-b608-8da37b8a8706.jpg?v=1691369938","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-darwinism-in-european-and-american-thought-1860-1945-nature-as-model-and-nature-as-threat-paperback-9780521574341","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}