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<p><i>American Socialists and Evolutionary Thought</i> demonstrates how evolutionary theories fundamentally shaped, and ultimately undercut, the American socialist movement.&nbsp; Mark Pittenger examines the attempts of radicals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to synthesize the evolutionary ideas of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer with socialist philosophy, social theory, and political practice.&nbsp; In contrast to authors who have shown the influence of Darwinism on conservative and progressive political ideologies, Pittenger establishes that radicals also took scientific ideas seriously and wanted to link the public fascination with evolution to their own cause.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Looking at theoretical, political, and fiction writing by American socialists, Pittenger identifies debates among factions during two distinct periods:&nbsp; the Gilded Age, during which socialism was a fragmented aggregation of largely non-Marxist individuals and organizations; and the Progressive Era, when socialism coalesced into a distinctly Marxist movement, seeking political and economic power via the American Socialist Party.&nbsp; Many activists of both eras saw evol

Author

Pittenger, Mark A.

Publisher

Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780299136048

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, History