Evolutionary Theory and Victorian Culture

Name: Evolutionary Theory and Victorian Culture
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ISBN: 9781591020035

ISBN-10: 1591020034

ISBN-13: 9781591020035

Edition: 2002

Authors: Martin Fichman

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Although Charles Darwin was a central figure in the 19th-century development of evolutionary theory, we often tend to overlook the crucial role played by other leading thinkers of the time. For example, Alfred Russel Wallace independently arrived at nearly identical conclusions as Darwin on the origin and evolution of species. Furthermore, the phrase "survival of the fittest", which most people now associate with Darwin, was actually coined by philosopher Herbert Spencer to describe the key mechanism of natural selection. And in the cultural debate on evolution no one played a more prominent role than Thomas Henry Huxley, known as "Darwin's bulldog". This absorbing study of the Victorian…

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List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 11/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Author's Preface



Evolutionism in Cultural Context



Social Darwinism(s)



Transatlantic Evolutionism



Debates on Human Evolution



Wallace and Darwin: The Major Differences



Evolutionary Ethics



Evolution and Religion: Tensions and Accommodation



The Contemporary Debates: "Creation Science"?


Bibliography


Index