title: The victorian ethos of evolution.
abstract: The Victorian Age was the culmination of changes in the political, social, scientific, theological and cultural spheres throughout Europe. Darwin's newly elaborated evolutionary idea was the pivot for social Darwinism, a theory based on the gradual movement of the species toward greater self-awareness and strength. Shaw described this process in his play Man and Superman. Freud also utilized the concept in his libido theory. Horney interpreted the process as a psychic response to the intense societal pressures to succeed. A linkage of interdependence and progression of these ideas emerges as the world continues to evolve.
authors.affiliation: The Psychoanalytic Institute of New York Medical College, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation