Darwinism

Survival of the Fittest in Literature When many think of the term ‘survival of the fittest,’ the image of a violent struggle comes to mind, of which the strongest opponent survives. While this is an example of the concept, it does not define it. Being the ‘fittest’ can mean being the smartest, best camouflaged, or even most cooperative. This explains how some species, such as humans, have stopped growing in size and instead grow intellectually. Furthermore, both Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts…

Latin America, the Americans were behind, which easily allowed the Europeans to conquer them with their gunpowder weaponry and navigational technology. Therefore, the Europeans saw themselves to be more capable than the Americans; based on social Darwinism, Caucasians were superior to other races. Reason & Explanation - Due to urbanization and increase emphasis on hard work and education, people began to gain more wealth and sometimes power, which allowed them to be above the working classes and…

In this poem Kipling writes, “Freedom for ourselves and freedom for our sons/ And, failing freedom, war” (19-20). This, according to Said, unveils the real Orientalist’s (White Man’s) intention and shows that beyond his angelic-like mission “there is always the express willingness to use force, to kill and be killed” (Said 226). Orwell, in his first paragraph of his essay about Kipling, argues that no one should agree with Kipling’s ideology toward imperialism or even exonerate him as he is…

Moreover, the Nazi party didn’t form until 1920 and didn’t rise to power until 1933. Meanwhile, these ideologies began circulating in the English-speaking world during the mid-nineteenth century. In actuality, eugenics was a derivative of social Darwinism, which, in turn, was based on the teachings of ‘On the Origin of Species’ (1859) by Charles Darwin, an English naturalist. This piece of scientific literature contained principles that people interpreted to mean that criminal nature could be…

Bisexuality has been an ambiguous sexual identity. Due to the progressive transformation in the history of bisexuality, it has been difficult to distinctively define the term. This has resulted in many debates surrounding the distinctive historical formation of the term. It is necessary for us to comprehend the term bisexuality so that it can stand the test of time especially as the concept gains massive popularity in this day and age. Today, bisexuality is all around us and has become a…

religious ideas, and history. However, there always have been many differences between the original European ideas and the Chinese understanding of them. Under the hegemonic power of western civilization, Chinese scholar Kang Youwei appropriated social Darwinism into a theory about evolution based on Confucian thought. Kang Youwei’s appropriation on evolutionism is connected to a specific discourse associated with French philosopher Michel de Certeau’s idea of “secondary production”…

One will never know what can occur in the future, but everyone likes to imagine that humanity has a positive outcome and much progress will be made. However, this vision is just one possibility out of many, and there will always be the chance that mankind will come to its end at any moment. Many people from different ages have prophesied this demise and we have only managed to avoid this dilemma because it was not time for the inevitable to occur. This still does not mean that humanity is out of…

The sociological perspective is defined as the social contexts in which people live in (Henslin 4). The way people live their lives and function in that aspect is in related to their concept of the world. It is important to consider the environment people are in, because biologically, humans are essentially identical, but the fact remains that what they experience has a direct correlation to how they behave. Certain people took upon themselves to develop theories that required the use of…

lives of countless people. Adolf Hitler, was a German nationalist, whose name is associated with the terrors of the Holocaust, his ideals for a pure German race, and his efforts for a non-democratic Germany. Adolf Hitler had been taught social Darwinism at a young age. His father also forced his own views on his children. During this time period, schools taught Teutonic nationalism and had a strong emphasis on the survival of…

In the 19th century, when Social Darwinism became popular there was a belief that stronger natation were meant to dominate those nations that were weaker. The forthcoming of second industrial revolution gave people a lot of capital and motivation to expand and create businesses that would give them status and power. But as history has shown the desire for more power is a never ending one. Business owners started to seek for resources and seek other ways to make more profit in other places.…