Political Descent
Malthus, Mutualism, and the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England
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Introduction: The Politics of Evolution
1 Every Cheating Tradesman: The Political Economy of Natural Selection
2 A Very Social Darwinist: Herbert Spencer’s Lamarckian Radicalism
3 A Liberal Descent: Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Ethics
4 Liberals and Socialists: The Politics of Evolution in Victorian England
5 Malthus or Mutualism?: Huxley, Kropotkin, and the Moral Meaning of Darwinism
6 Of Mice and Men: Malthus, Weismann, and the Future of Socialism
7 Fear of Falling: Evolutionary Degeneration and the Politics of Panmixia
Conclusion: Political Descent: Anticipations of the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Afterword: Engaging the Present
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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