WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As mentioned above, social Darwinism has often been linked to nationalism and imperialism. During the age of New Imperialism, the concepts of evolution justified the exploitation of “lesser breeds without the law” by “superior races".

Detailed explanation-2: -Darwin passionately opposed social injustice and oppression. He would have been dismayed to see the events of generations to come: his name attached to opposing ideologies from Marxism to unbridled capitalism, and to policies from ethnic cleansing to forced sterilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Whether used to justify laissez-faire or activist public policies, social Darwinism provided a vocabulary and set of concepts that facilitated the emergence of the social sciences and their application to such pressing problems as poverty and social justice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social Darwinism refers to a set of theories and social practices that apply Darwin’s natural selection to other domains, notably the development of societies. There are two notable early theories of social Darwinism: Spencerism and Taylorism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Social Darwinism applied the theory of natural selection to social actions, believing that only the strongest and fittest succeed in life. Individualism was the idea that anyone could succeed regardless of his or her origins or social standing.

Detailed explanation-6: -Social Darwinism theorists believed that the poor were unfit and should not be aided. The poor are meant to struggle for existence. For them, wealth was the symbol of success and fitness. They used the theory of imperialist, colonist, and racist policies to define the concept of poverty.