Benjamin Kidd

Benjamin Kidd
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 488
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ISBN-10 : 0521258049
ISBN-13 : 9780521258043
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Download or read book Benjamin Kidd written by David Paul Crook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-07-05 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an intellectual biography of Benjamin Kidd, a leading Social Darwinist in the years before World War I, and a social prophet in the tradition of Comte and Spencer. His first book Social Evolution, published in 1894, was an immediate and enormous success around the world. In it, Kidd developed a collectivist form of Social Darwinism in tune with the values of Progressivism in America and the 'new liberalism' in Britain. By many it was regarded as the basis for a properly scientific sociology, and the combination of its claims to scientific methodology, with an emphasis on non-rational forces as the agents of progress accurately caught the temper of its times. Launched on his career as a writer, Kidd's subsequent books and journalism continued to exercise extraordinary influence. His 'social imperialism', linking a bio-political defence of empire with a programme of social reform, won currency in the Anglo-American world at a time of expansionary fervour.


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