Essay On Social Darwinism

The historiography for American intervention into the War of 1898, contains a paradigm shift produced by different schools of thought. The paradigm was derived when debating the purposes for Americans intervening in Cuba, whether it be through policy or physical action, the two sides that evolved from this debate were: the sole reason for American intervention into the war of 1898 were for business and economic gain and religious expansion. Having the ability to use this new-found platform, colonial expansion into Cuba, was needed to expand economic capital in Cuba. In opposition to this collection of studies was one of social intentions. More specifically, religious groups having convictions utilize the claims for humanitarian aid in order to help the destitute Cubans from the disasters of the Spanish-American War. In both views, economics or social, the concept, or similarities of, social Darwinism is prevalent. The application of social Darwinism refers predominantly to the idea “survival of the fittest” from

Hawkins looks at breaking away from the status quo of historians in regard to social theory, meaning can these catchphrases collectively exude the meaning of social Darwinism, Hawkins thinks not so much. Jacobson uses these ideas to show that the adoption of social theory in the creation of amendments, directly affect Cubans through way of missionary work. Hawkins argues that many different political positions such as anarchism, imperialism, liberalism, in the case of the United States, etc. could still draw on aspects of the Darwinian