Darwin Loves You : Natural Selection and the Re-enchantment of the World /

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Jesus and Darwin do battle on car bumpers across America. Medallions of fish symbolizing Jesus are answered by ones of amphibians stamped "Darwin," and stickers proclaiming "Jesus Loves You" are countered by "Darwin Loves You." The bumper sticker debate might be trivial...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, George, 1931-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Influence.
Social Darwinism.
Natural selection.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Civilization, Secular.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Darwinisme social.
Civilisation laïque.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Jesus and Darwin do battle on car bumpers across America. Medallions of fish symbolizing Jesus are answered by ones of amphibians stamped "Darwin," and stickers proclaiming "Jesus Loves You" are countered by "Darwin Loves You." The bumper sticker debate might be trivial and the pronouncement that "Darwin Loves You" may seem merely ironic, but George Levine insists that the message contains an unintended truth. In fact, he argues, we can read it straight. Darwin, Levine shows, saw a world from which his theory had banished transcendence as still lovable and enchanted, and we can see it like tha.
Item Description:Originally published: 2006.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9781400827336

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