Alfred Russel Wallace, William Rathbone Greg and the Origin of Social Darwinism

• Authors: Ivo Budil
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The contribution of Alfred Russel Wallace and William Rathbone Greg to the debate on the possibility of application of the law of natural selection to human society and the subsequent emergence of social Darwinism with dramatic consequences in the political life of the West has been largely neglected by historians of science despite the interest of both scholars in the practical political utility of the theory of Charles Darwin.

Keywords

EN

Charles Darwin; Alfred Russel Wallace; William Rathbone Greg; Social Darwinism; Natural Selection; Human Races

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Journal: West Bohemian Historical Review
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 59-76

Contributors

author

Ivo Budil

• Department of Historical Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Tylova 18, 301 24, Plzeň, Czech Republic