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History of science

the application of ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest to human society, economics and politics.

In history of science, Social Darwinism refers to the application of ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest to human society, economics and politics. This meaning comes from Hofstadter (1944) in Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915.[1]

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  1. Hofstadter, R. (1944). Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915. University of Pennsylvania Press. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512816976

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