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Author:

Hale, Piers J., author.

Title:

Political descent : Malthus, mutualism, and the politics of evolution in Victorian England / Piers J. Hale.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

442 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Social evolution--Political aspects.
Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences--England--History--19th century.
Political science--England--History--19th century.
Social Darwinism--Political aspects.
Evolution (Biology)--Political aspects.
Malthusianism--Political aspects.
Mutualism--England--History--19th century.
Malthus, T. R.--(Thomas Robert),--1766-1834--Influence.
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de,--1744-1829--Influence.
Malthus, Thomas Robert,--1766-1834.
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de,--1744-1829.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

022610849X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226108490 (cloth : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)859446639

LCCN:

2013044863

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)