Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Reading Darwin in Imperial Russia

Literature and Ideas

Av Andrew M. Drozd, Brendan G. Mooney, Stephen M. Woodburn

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A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleReading Darwin in Imperial Russia: Literature and Ideas expands upon the cataloging efforts of earlier scholarship on Darwin’s reception in Russia to analyze the rich cultural context and vital historical background of writings inspired by the arrival of Darwin’s ideas in Russia. Starting with the first Russian translation of The Origin of Species in 1864, educated Russians eagerly read Darwin’s works and reacted in a variety of ways. From enthusiasm to skepticism to hostility, these reactions manifested in a variety of published works, starting with the translations themselves, as well as critical reviews, opinion journalism, literary fiction, and polemical prose. The reception of Darwin spanned reverent, didactic, ironic, and sarcastic modes of interpretation. This book examines some of the best-known authors of the second half of the nineteenth century (Dostoevsky, Chernyshevsky, Chekhov) and others less well-known or nearly forgotten (Danilevsky, Timiriazev, Markevich, Strakhov) to explore the multi-faceted impact of Darwin’s ideas on Russian educated society. While elements of Darwin’s Russian reception were comparable to other countries, each author reveals distinctly Russian concerns tied to the meaning and consequences of the challenge posed by Darwinism. The scholars in this volume demonstrate not only what the authors wrote, but why they took their unique perspectives.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2023-02-08
Mått: 160 x 231 x 23 mm
Vikt: 585 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 298
Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781666920840
Utmärkelser: Winner of Outstanding Academic Title 2023

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Andrew M. Drozd is associate professor of Russian at the University of Alabama. Brendan G. Mooney is fellow at the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies and visiting assistant professor of Russian at Miami University of Ohio. Stephen M. Woodburn is professor of history at Southwestern College in Kansas.

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Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species had a profound impact when published 1859, and it continues to influence scientific and cultural matters today. This thoughtful collection of essays explores the cultural effect of Darwin’s ideas in imperial Russia. Essays address the challenges of translating Darwin’s terminology into Russian and the varying interpretations of his concepts of “natural selection” and “survival of the fittest.” …. There are considerations of the reactions of conservatives and traditionalists who blamed Darwin for the social disruption of the 1860s and 1870s, which saw emancipation of the serfs, the expansion of women’s education, and the nihilist movements. For these writers, the European modernity associated with Darwin’s concepts threatened to undermine Russian nationalist identity and traditional values and needed to be challenged. Insightful and deeply informative, this collection sheds light on important intellectual developments in 19th-century Russia. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

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