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This is a nice scholarly review of how evolutionary theory has been applied to analyses of human society, ranging from Darwin himself to various 19th and 20th century theorists in Europe and America. Different opinions on societal development, race, war, gender, politics and eugenics are touched along the way. The overall picture is depressing: just about all of these social theories are based on wild backward theorizing which starts from the conclusion the theorist wants to reach and then looks to legitimate that conclusion with a more or less plausible evolutionary framework. Pretty much all theories are by now discredited and one can only hope that social science will never again stray into this many harmful dead-ends. But enough of that, this is a well-written and educational book which wisely remains neutral to its topic and leaves moral judgments mostly to the reader. I recommend it if you're unfamiliar with the history of social evolution theories.… (meer)
 
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thcson | Mar 4, 2020 |

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