POLC73H3 Lecture Notes - Richard Hofstadter, Popular Science, Class Conflict
14 Dec 2012
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Burke founded modern conservatism: slow reform, limited equality and liberty. Classical liberalism (individual rights, limited government, reason, free market) Diverged between welfare state liberalism (what we usually call liberalism today) and. David richie (welfare state) and herbert spencer (laissez-faire) The new toryism: the liberal ideology is no longer protecting people"s freedom, but using militarism and compulsory cooperation (traditionally tory policies). Traditional liberals had the principle of getting rid of domination to make people"s lives better. New liberals see making people"s lives better as the point, not ridding domination. Coined the term survival of the fittest . His approach to social theory was based on lamark"s theory of development (inheritance of acquired traits). Influenced by a radical background but studied science and engineering. Same period as marx and the communist manifesto . Extremely influential in the us; but largely forgotten today. Richard hofstadter - social darwinism in american political thought. Influenced by malthus: essay on the principle of population.
