Samuel Grove

Retrieving Darwin's Revolutionary Idea

The Reluctant Radical

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Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the development of Darwin's theory of natural selection. The author analyzes how the theory was rejected by the scientific community and argues that his radical thought anticipated Nietzsche's Godless philosophy, Marx's class-based economics, and Freud's psychological theories of the unconscious.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781793632494
• ISBN-10: 1793632499
• Artikelnr.: 61347223

Autorenporträt

By Samuel Grove

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: From Science to Counter-Science
1."I think!": Science & the Union of Nature & Thought
2. "I can't think!": Counter-Science & the Unthought
3. A Conflictual Science: Darwin's Theory of Evolution & Natural Selection
Part 2: The Reluctant Radical
4. The Death of God: Darwin's Adaptation to an Imperfect Science
5. The Dismal Science: Darwin's Struggle for a Ruling Interpretation
6. Specious Origins: Darwin's Selections in an Age of Narcissism and Doubt
Part 3: Darwin's Century: From Crisis to Reaction
7. A Crisis of Representation: Representations of Evolution 1859- 1929
8. Reaction and Containment: Darwinian Interpretations 1929- 2009
Conclusion: Recovering the Unthought