Political descent : Malthus, mutualism, and the politics of evolution in Victorian England /

Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. In a bold move, Piers J. Hale contends that this focus on Malthus and his effect on Darwin's evolutionary thought neglects a strong anti-Malthusian traditio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hale, Piers J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Temas:
Malthus, T. R. > (Thomas Robert), > 1766-1834 > Influence.
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, > 1744-1829 > Influence.
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de, > 1744-1829
Malthus, T. R. > (Thomas Robert), > 1766-1834
1800-1899
Social evolution > Political aspects.
Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences > England > History > 19th century.
Political science > England > History > 19th century.
Social Darwinism > Political aspects.
Evolution (Biology) > Political aspects.
Malthusianism > Political aspects.
Mutualism > England > History > 19th century.
Évolution sociale > Aspect politique.
Darwinisme social > Aspect politique.
Malthusianisme > Aspect politique.
Mutualisme (Économie politique) > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Evolution (Biology) and the social sciences
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Mutualism
Political science
England
Electronic books.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The politics of evolution
  • Every cheating tradesman: the political economy of natural selection
  • A very social darwinist: Herbert Spencer's Lamarckian radicalism
  • A liberal descent: Charles Darwin and the evolution of ethics
  • Liberals and socialists: the politics of evolution in Victorian England
  • Malthus or mutualism?: Huxley, Kropotkin, and the moral meaning of Darwinism
  • Of mice and men: Malthus, Weismann, and the future of socialism
  • Fear of falling: evolutionary degeneration and the politics of panmixia
  • Conclusion: Political descent: anticipations of the Twentieth Century and beyond
  • Afterword: Engaging the present.

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