Contemporary Cases in Women's Rights

American Socialists and Evolutionary Thought, 1870-1920 demonstrates how evolutionary theories fundamentally shaped, and ultimately undercut, the American socialist movement. Mark Pittenger examines the attempts of radicals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to synthesise the evolutionary ideas of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer with socialist philosophy, social theory and political practice. In contrast to authors who have shown the influence of Darwinism on conservative and progressive political ideologies, Pittenger establishes that radicals also took scientific ideas seriously and wanted to link the public fascination with evolution to their own cause.

Author: Leslie Friedman Goldstein
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 02/15/1993
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.06h x 7.09w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780299140342