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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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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: historical, political & military

• Full title: Benjamin Kidd
• Subtitle: Portrait of a Social Darwinist
• Author: D. P. Crook
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472
• EAN: 9780521107358
• ISBN: 0521107350
• ID: 02021952
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 600 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. April 2009

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