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social Darwinism
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social Darwinism
n.
The application of Darwinism to the study of human society, specifically a theory in sociology that individuals or groups achieve advantage over others as the result of genetic or biological superiority.


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The book's chronological organization--from the American colonial era, through the enlightenment and romanticism, to the turn of the century, and on to mid-century--similarly stresses ways ideas take shape within contingency, as is evidenced in chapters on Teutonic Origins race theory, Social Darwinism, Social Gospel theory, anti-immigration agitation, and imperialist theories of race.
Race: The History of an Idea in America by Dittmar, Linda / MELUS
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