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2006-08-25 04:57:55 · 5 answers · asked by -.- 6 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism was a late 19th century sociological theory which was primarily based on the writings of Herbert Spencer. Inherent in the theory of Social Darwinism was Spencer's "survival of the fittest." Borrowing from Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, Social Darwisnists believed that societies, as do organisms evolve over time. Nature then determined that the strong survive and the weak perish. In Jack London's case, he thought that certain favored races were destined for survival. Certainly the Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic races, represented for London, the superior. In A Daughter of the Snows, London wrote:


"I am my father's son, and the line goes back to the sea-kings who never slept under the smoky rafters of a roof or drained the alehorn by inhabited hearth. There must be a reason for the dead-status of the black, a reason for the Teuton spreading over the earth as no other race has ever spread. There must be something in race heredity, else I would not leap at the summons."

As this passage shows, London's Social Darwinism usually mixed with his interest in racialism. There are several other novels that portray London's belief in the biological superiority of the white man, namely Burning Daylight, Adventure, and The Mutiny of the Elsinore.
For more information on Social Darwinism, see Robert C. Bannister, Social Darwinism: Science and Myth in Anglo-American Social Thought (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1979).

2006-08-25 05:02:24 · answer #1 · answered by cascadingrainbows 4 · 0 0

Not sure if you are asking what is my philosophy or what is the philosophy of Social Darwinism, but here is a great link for you to start your research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_darwinism

2006-08-25 05:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by johnnashiscrazy 3 · 0 0

Olden Times - "Your beauty doth compel me. How can I compare thee to a summers day?!"

Now - "Alri love fancy a shag?"

2006-08-25 04:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by Game Guy 5 · 0 0

You can find your answer at the link below:

2006-08-25 05:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0 0

Where did that nice native american guy go?

2006-08-25 05:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by Divra 3 · 0 0

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