L’influence de l’eugénisme galtonien dans la pensée de Joseph Alois Schumpeter

Interventions Économiques pour une Alternative Sociale

关键词: eugenics;    Francis Galton;    Joseph Alois;    Schumpeter;    social hierarchy;    poverty;   

DOI  :  10.4000/interventionseconomiques.1753

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In his theory about capitalism, Joseph Alois Schumpeter uses eugenics, and especially Francis Galton’s work. The former has conceived a hierarchized vision of society, and a hereditary vision of the transmission of talents. He notably applied it to the question of poverty by using Charles Booth’s empirical data. Schumpeter uses these elements both as an explanation of social inequality and as a basis of his theory of entrepreneurship. To him, the entrepreneurs are an elite standing out against the masses since they have the innate talents to generate evolution. Capitalism cannot totally eradicate poverty. Indeed, the least biologically gifted are bound to remain at the bottom of the social ladder.

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