Emrah,
Just one or two brief thoughts on the topic. When classical social theory
flowered at the sunset of the 19th century there were perhaps three
significant elements which pushed social darwinism to the fore.
1. Social change had been occurring on a dramatic scale - and there was an
corresponding perception that theory needed to account for it.
2.Evolutionary theories were themselves an intrinsic part of what passed for
'social science' and indeed - even Comte had defined sociology as a putative
form of rational analysis of change.
3. The evolutionary agenda had been addressed by a broad range of thinkers -
and may been collectively perceived as the nut to crack (rather like
splitting the atom was for physicists in the mid 20th century).
In essence then, social evolution remained a key theme and remained so until
long after Weber's overlay - which laid the ground rules for a shifting
focus on modernity.
Alan
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Sent: 03 January 2001 20:53
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Subject: evolution
hi everybody
nowadays I read about evolutionism. All social
theorists of the 19th century were, in one way or
another, evolutionary. Why do you think evolutiomism
was an unavoidable part of the study of difference
during this period?
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