{"product_id":"benjamin-kidd-portrait-of-a-social-darwinist-0521107350","title":"Benjamin Kidd: Portrait of a Social Darwinist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0521107350\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crook, D. P.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943674577184,"sku":"NEW0521107350","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/benjamin-kidd-portrait-of-a-social-darwinist-0521107350","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}