The science of power

by Benjamin Kidd

The science of power. 332 Pages.

Genres: Philosophy, Psychology, Personal Development

332 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 25, 2009

About the author

Benjamin Kidd (1858-1916) was a British sociologist whose first job was a civil service clerk, but by persistent self-education, he became internationally famous by the publication of his book Social Evolution in 1894.

Reviews

[Martin Bassani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Remarkable book. Kidd utterly discredits dominant social darvinists' theories of Galton and others. Why is that important? Because economic elites ruling our world still adhere to the basic eugenics ideas, now masquerading under the human genetics label. We are ruled by people who simply hate humanity. We ought not be surprised by results so visible around us.

[HillbillyMystic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a recommendation from Napoleon Hill and well worth the read. I love reading books from the early 1900's before the dark lodges led by Henry Ford shut down occulted knowledge for the plebians. I fully understand his ideal for women leading the Science of Power in the future and even agree with him as it stood in 1915. Ford had Hill's oeuvre watered down and later removed altogether because he revealed too many occulted secrets. Hill was the biographer for Carnegie and spent 20 years following all these true heavies. Carnegie wanted everyone to have access to the knowledge, but the parasitical class won yet again. Kidd's ideal of Power through collectivism has been turned into a Communist, mob mentality nightmare, and the same goes for his ideal of women. He got it right that women were generations ahead of us in their right brain and emotional intelligence. One thing we learn in benevolent orders is how to balance the masculine and feminine or right and left brain. We are kept in left brain imbalance on purpose by the parasitical, self-proclaimed elite as a form of mind control that works in tandem with the trauma-based Mind Kontrol we have all been experiencing for years now. However, the dark lodges have distorted and ruined the female balance they once possessed. Every feminist I was married to (before I found a gun-toting Patriot) were like the female leaders placed in power today. They are like extremely abusive 1950's sexist men in reverse, only worse. I only have to point to Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton or Jacinda Arden to make my point. May we see them all swing from a rope at Nuremberg 2.0.

[Ashish Om Gourav · Rating 4 out of 5]

An astounding insight on how to transform civilizations.

[Daniel Miranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed my thinking in such profound ways. First, it’s a rejection of the Darwinistic ideals we still hold on to… because of what Kidd would call primitive thinking. Case in point: for a long time I had bought in to the idea that “survival of the fittest” was the supreme social philosophy. I was no doubt influenced by society, media, and reading Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene. In Science of Power, Kidd shows that the rejection of self for common ideals is a much greater power.

The second way, I’m ashamed to admit, that this book changed my thinking is Kidd’s theory on women. The centre of power in advanced societies Kidd argues, is women. Women are able by their nature to put others first, and by so doing, as well as their ability to think in terms of the future more than men, women are the most powerful of people. It’s advanced stuff for early 1900’s, especially because today we still see men dominate positions of power. This book helped me respect the women I work with a whole lot more and appreciate the women in my life in greater ways.

Finally, this book changed my thoughts on sociology as a discipline. I graduated with honours in sociology yet didn’t know who Kidd was…yet he is considered the founder of sociology! I think his rejection of war, individualism, and shareholder stocks may have contributed to his obscurity. Also, what was really cool is that Kidd observed animals to prove one of his points: fear is not “a genetic predisposition” as is often thought, but rather, fear is often learned through social conditioning. You don’t see many sociologists today doing animal observations. Which is a shame because sociology was meant to be a synergistic rather than a compartmentalized discipline.

[Dan Godoy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A somewhat bizarre glimpse into the currents of early 20th century political philosophy. Social Darwinism, Neitzche, "Might makes Right", and eugenics were ongoing debates in English universities, with the strongest Western voices preaching these predominantly German 19th century ideas. Kidd identifies these ideas (and, indeed, the ongoing Great War) as the blossom and fruit of seeds sown by Darwin, Neitzche, and Wagner.

[McHeebler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very hard to read at first. Slowly was able to start picking up on what the author was talking about. It actually became very interesting to me. Hearing his perspective of the world over a hundred years ago was fun. Overall the book was a difficult read for me, but the information I picked up on was very interesting. There is more to social heredity than I had thought before.