Social Darwinism
Title: Social Darwinism
Category: Literature / English
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Social Darwinism
CHARLES DARWIN AND THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
It is commonly thought today that the theory of evolution originated from Darwin in the nineteenth century. However, the idea that species mutated over time has been around for a long
time in one form or another. Therefore, by Darwin's time the idea that species change from one type into another was surely not new, but was rejected by most because the proposers of evolution could not come …showed first 75 words of 3580 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3580 total…interpretations known as social Darwinism. From the radical left to the radical right, Darwin's theory has been adopted by such people as Marx and Hitler, each of whom saw in it evidence for their own ideology. Alongside the likes of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton, Darwin has rightly earned his place in history as one of the giants of the scientific revolution.
Bibliography
1: Microsoft Encarta, Charles Darwin
2: Britanica Online, www.britanica.com, Charles Darwin and Darwinism
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