The Non-Darwinian Revolution (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
256
Utgivningsdatum
1992-04-01
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Illustrationer
No
Dimensioner
229 x 151 x 17 mm
Vikt
340 g
Antal komponenter
1
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2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780801843679

The Non-Darwinian Revolution

Reinterpreting a Historical Myth

av Peter J Bowler
Häftad,  Engelska, 1992-04-01
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Concise and clearly written, "The Non-Darwinian Revolution" sets forth a convincing argument for a reappraisal of Darwin's importance not only for the history of science but for the history of ideas as well. Bowler finds no fault with Darwin's theory, only with the mistaken notion of its revolutionary effect on nineteenth-century thought. Examining the work of such figures as Owen, Spencer, Kelvin, Huxley, Haeckel, and Freud, Bowler discovers a near-universal tendency to accept evolutionism while rejecting Darwin's central premise: natural selection. Instead, leading scientists and thinkers stubbornly clung to the Lamarckian theory of evolution as guided, purposeful development until they were forced by the twentieth century's "rediscovery" of Mendelian law to concede otherwise.
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Timely and cogent in its aims and arguments, it should prompt debate and discussion leading to fresh critical and historiographical insights concerning all those topics that historians of science, of society, and of culture associate with 'Darwinism' and 'evolutionism.'. British Journal of the History of Science

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Peter J. Bowler is reader in the history of philosophy of sceince at the Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His other books include The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900, The Mendelian Revolution, and Theories of Human Evolution.

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List of Figures Preface Chapter 1. The Myth of the Darwinan Revolution Chapter 2. Darwin's Originality Chapter 3. The Impact of the Origin Chapter 4. Evolutionism Triumphant Chapter 5. From Darwin to Modern Darwinism Chapter 6. Human Evolution Chapter 7. Social Darwinism Chapter 8. A Cultural Revolution? Chapter 9. Toward a New Historiography of Evolutionism Refences Index

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