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5. Malthus or Mutualism? Huxley, Kropotkin, and the Moral Meaning of Darwinism
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction: The Politics of Evolution 1
- 1. Every Cheating Tradesman: The Political Economy of Natural Selection 24
- 2. A Very Social Darwinist: Herbert Spencer’s Lamarckian Radicalism 66
- 3. A Liberal Descent: Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Ethics 106
- 4. Liberals and Socialists: The Politics of Evolution in Victorian England 155
- 5. Malthus or Mutualism? Huxley, Kropotkin, and the Moral Meaning of Darwinism 206
- 6. Of Mice and Men: Malthus, Weismann, and the Future of Socialism 252
- 7. Fear of Falling: Evolutionary Degeneration and the Politics of Panmixia 301
- Conclusion: Political Descent: Anticipations of the Twentieth Century and Beyond 335
- Afterword: Engaging the Present 352
- Acknowledgments 355
- Notes 359
- Bibliography 401
- Index 425
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction: The Politics of Evolution 1
- 1. Every Cheating Tradesman: The Political Economy of Natural Selection 24
- 2. A Very Social Darwinist: Herbert Spencer’s Lamarckian Radicalism 66
- 3. A Liberal Descent: Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Ethics 106
- 4. Liberals and Socialists: The Politics of Evolution in Victorian England 155
- 5. Malthus or Mutualism? Huxley, Kropotkin, and the Moral Meaning of Darwinism 206
- 6. Of Mice and Men: Malthus, Weismann, and the Future of Socialism 252
- 7. Fear of Falling: Evolutionary Degeneration and the Politics of Panmixia 301
- Conclusion: Political Descent: Anticipations of the Twentieth Century and Beyond 335
- Afterword: Engaging the Present 352
- Acknowledgments 355
- Notes 359
- Bibliography 401
- Index 425