Review the Feature Entitled "Huxley's Social Darwinism" in This Chapter

question 56

Essay

Review the feature entitled "Huxley's Social Darwinism" in this chapter.How do the laws of natural selection apply to a humankind capable of "building up an artificial world"?

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Definitions:

Privileges

Advantages, rights, or benefits granted to individuals or groups based on certain aspects of their identity, such as race, class, and gender, often perpetuating social inequalities.

Internalized Oppression

The process by which individuals from marginalized or oppressed groups come to accept and live out the inaccurate stereotypes and negative social messages about their group.

Pierre Bourdieu

A French sociologist who made significant contributions to the understanding of social structures, cultural practices, and the concepts of habitus, cultural capital, and social field.

Symbolic Violence

A term by Pierre Bourdieu that refers to the self-perpetuating systems of social inequality maintained by cultural and symbolic systems of domination.