Charles Darwin/Darwinism/Social Darwinism (12 fev 1809 ano – 19 abr 1882 ano)

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English naturalist Charles Darwin collected specimens of different animals on a voyage to Latin America and the South Pacific. Using fossil evidence and the advice of Charles Lyell, he concluded that all life gradually evolved from a common ancestral origin. He summarized his theory of evolution and the idea of natural selection in On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection. Some hailed his work while others condemned it, especially for being “anti-Christian”.

Some thinkers like Herbert Spencer applied Darwin’s ideas to human affairs. He saw humans as driven forward to specialization and progress by a brutal economic struggle that determined the “survival of the fittest”. Social Darwinism found supporters in nationalists and imperialists.

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