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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Social Darwinism in American Thought</i> portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for social thought and political action. Theorists such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner adopted the idea of the struggle for existence as justification for the evils as well as the benefits of laissez-faire modern industrial society. Others such as William James and John Dewey argued that human planning was needed to direct social development and improve upon the natural order. Hofstadter's classic study of the ramifications of Darwinism is a major analysis of the social philosophies that animated intellectual movements of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Tracing the impact of Darwin on thinkers throughout the gilded Age and the Progressive era, 'Social Darwinism' shows how a politically neutral scientific theory has been adapted with skillful rhetoric to contradictory purposes.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A book that is in many ways a model of its kind . . . Mr. Hofstadter is compact, lucid, informed, vigorous . . . If you really want to know why and how some of the contradictions in American social thought came into being, <i>Social Darwinism</i> is as excellent a study as you can hope to find. --<i>The New York Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) was a Dewitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University and author of many books. He was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for <i>The Age of Reform </i>and <i>Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.</i>

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