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What political purpose did the theory of social Darwinism serve in the late nineteenth century?
What political purpose did the theory of social Darwinism serve in the late nineteenth century? Social Darwinism justified economic inequality and curbed social reform.
How did Sumner View other Analyses of wealth disparities in the late nineteenth century?
How did Sumner view other analyses of wealth disparities in the late nineteenth century? He supported others’ recommendations for greater government aid. He thought others underestimated the wealth gap between rich and poor. He believed others placed too much faith in the elevating power of work.
Who helped popularize social Darwinism in the United States?
Impact. While Darwin coined the term “struggle for survival,” it was Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) who invented and popularized the concept of “survival of the fittest,” and Spencer is widely considered the chief proponent of social Darwinism.
What is your stand about the survival of the fittest theory of Herbert Spencer?
Darwin wrote ‘survival of the fit’ to imply that those who were fit would live long enough to pass on their genes. Spencer wrote ‘survival of the fittest,’ implying those who were most fit would survive the social world due to some biological mechanism that made them superior.
How is the human body similar to the society?
Functionalists see society as being similar to the human body. In the same way the body relies on the heart to pump blood round to other vital organs like the lungs and brain. Functionalists see society as being constructed of different inter-dependent components like the family and education.
What do Functionalists say about society?
The functionalist perspective sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation and broadly focuses on the social structures that shape society as a whole.