{"product_id":"social-darwinism-science-and-myth-in-angloamerican-social-thought-9780877225669","title":"Social Darwinism  Science and Myth in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttempts to assess the role played by Darwinian ideas in the writings of English-speaking social theorists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most systematic and comprehensive effort yet made to assess the role played by Darwinian ideas in the writings of English-speaking social theorists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.\" --Isis \"In seeking to set the record straight, Bannister cuts through the amalgam with an intellectual shredder, exposing the illogic and incompatibility involved in fusing Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species with Herbert Spencer's Social Statics... Bannister's familiarity with relevant texts and their reception by contemporary social theorists, scholars, and critics on both sides of the Atlantic is impressive.\" --Journal of Interdisciplinary History \"A fine contribution to Anglo-American intellectual history.\" --Journal of American History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction: The Idea of Social Darwinism  1. The Scientific Background  2. Hushing Up Death  3. Philanthropic Energy and Philosophic Calm  4. Amending the Faith  5. William Graham Sumner  6. The Survival of the Fittest Is Our Doctrine  7. Neo-Darwinism and the Crisis of the 1890s  8. A Pigeon Fanciers' Polity  9. The Scaffolding of Progress  10. The Nietzsche Vogue  11. Beyond the Battle: The Literary Naturalists  12. Imperialism and the Warriar Critique  Epilogue: From Histrionics to History  Notes  Index","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406434476375,"sku":"9780877225669","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780877225669.jpg?v=1730495794","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-darwinism-science-and-myth-in-angloamerican-social-thought-9780877225669","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}