Political descent : Malthus, mutualism, and the politics of evolution in Victorian England / Piers J. Hale.
- Hale, Piers J.
- Date:
- [2014]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Physical description
442 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Social evolutionPolitical aspects
- Evolution (Biology) and the social sciencesEnglandHistory19th century
- Political scienceEnglandHistory19th century
- Social DarwinismPolitical aspects
- Evolution (Biology)Political aspects
- MalthusianismPolitical aspects
- MutualismEnglandHistory19th century
- Biological Evolutionhistory
- 19th century
- Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834Influence.
- Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, 1744-1829Influence.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAOS.41.AA8Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780226108490
- 022610849X