Social Sciences and History / Unit 2 SSH 0106 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Social Darwinism, Pragmatism, and the Social Gospel
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The idea
Herbert Spencer's social Darwinism held that the fittest rightly prospered, an apologia for inequality. William James's pragmatism tested ideas by results; John Dewey's instrumentalism put education at the center. The social gospel asked churches to act in this world.
In practice
Realist and naturalist novels portraying working lives.
Where people slip
The exam pairs social Darwinism with laissez-faire and the social gospel with reform. Keep the pairing.
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