FROM SOCIAL DARWINISM TO PROGRESSIVISM: EVOLUTIONARY THINKING IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
FROM SOCIAL DARWINISM TO PROGRESSIVISM: EVOLUTIONARY THINKING IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Author(s): Ted BaileySubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Henry George; Lester Ward; Social Darwinism; Supreme Court decisions
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the influence of Darwin’s ideas on American political thinking in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is argued that, while evolution clearly played a major role in Social Darwinism, it also influenced the arguments of those who rejected Social Darwinist thinking, such as Lester Ward.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 147-157
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English