Evolution and the Victorians: science, culture and politics in Darwin's Britain
Evolution and the Victorians: science, culture and politics in Darwin's Britain
Evolution and the Victorians provides historians with an introduction to Victorian debates on evolution. It draws heavily on the historical and theoretical work of Adrian Desmond to appeal to students of scientific history, whilst maintaining a broader approach that takes in social, political and literary history as well in what is a much-needed examination of a key topic in Victorian intellectual history. Incorporating close readings/text-boxes, illustrations and a scientific terms glossary, the book encourages students to challenge positivist views of the history of science and corrects the tendency among those writing on 'evolutionary allusions' or 'echoes' in Victorian politics, literature and history to see the relationship between science and other areas of national life as a one-way story of 'diffusion'. Jonathan Conlin skilfully synthesises material from a range of sources to show the many ways in which the discovery of evolution was a collaborative enterprise pursued in all areas of Victorian society, including many that do not at first appear 'scientific'.
978-1441130907
Conlin, Jonathan
3ab58a7d-d74b-48d9-99db-1ba2f3aada40
16 January 2014
Conlin, Jonathan
3ab58a7d-d74b-48d9-99db-1ba2f3aada40
Conlin, Jonathan
(2014)
Evolution and the Victorians: science, culture and politics in Darwin's Britain
,
London, GB.
Bloomsbury Academic, 240pp.
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Evolution and the Victorians provides historians with an introduction to Victorian debates on evolution. It draws heavily on the historical and theoretical work of Adrian Desmond to appeal to students of scientific history, whilst maintaining a broader approach that takes in social, political and literary history as well in what is a much-needed examination of a key topic in Victorian intellectual history. Incorporating close readings/text-boxes, illustrations and a scientific terms glossary, the book encourages students to challenge positivist views of the history of science and corrects the tendency among those writing on 'evolutionary allusions' or 'echoes' in Victorian politics, literature and history to see the relationship between science and other areas of national life as a one-way story of 'diffusion'. Jonathan Conlin skilfully synthesises material from a range of sources to show the many ways in which the discovery of evolution was a collaborative enterprise pursued in all areas of Victorian society, including many that do not at first appear 'scientific'.
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