Social Darwinism Reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6336339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack Jones, J Graham Jones (0000-0002-8894-9514, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1/2 |
| Pages | 239 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3791294 |
| OpenAlex | W2313201803 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The belief that lethal competition is a central and inevitable, even desirable, feature of the human experience may be as old as humanity itself. Though sometimes in abeyance, so far in one way or another it has always recurred eventually, and in the later part of the 19th century became associated with Darwin's work and the authority of science. Within the relevant sciences the credentials of Social Darwinism were soon re-examined and almost unanimously withdrawn. But elsewhere the theme persisted and flourished ideologically. Some believe this contributed much, perhaps even decisively, to the outbreak of the first World War
Criminology · Darwinism · Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social Darwinism · Sociology · Evolution and Science Education · History of Science and Medicine · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |