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According to British social theorist __________, societies developed through a process of "struggle" (for existence) and "fitness" (for survival), which he referred to as the "survival of the fittest."

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Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer was an English Biologist, Philosopher and Sociologist. He used Darwin’s law of evolution and was known for his dogma of Social Darwinism. He proposed that a society will evolve over time as in the case of living organisms.

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