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Darwinism, War and History
The Debate Over the Biology of War from the 'Origin of Species' to the First World War
Taschenbuch von Paul Crook (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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This book examines these issues, tracing the historical debate that raged over the biological causes and effects of war between the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859 and World War l. It reconstructs the theories of war and juman pugnacity of thinkers such as Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, Walter Bagehot, Alfred Wallace, T. H. Huxley, Karl Pearson, Peter Kroptkin, Jacques Novicow, William McDougall, Peter Chalmers Mitchell and a host of now-forgotten naturalist, biometricians, geneticist, eugenists, physicians, psychologist, professionals and minor savant of the time.
This book examines these issues, tracing the historical debate that raged over the biological causes and effects of war between the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859 and World War l. It reconstructs the theories of war and juman pugnacity of thinkers such as Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, Walter Bagehot, Alfred Wallace, T. H. Huxley, Karl Pearson, Peter Kroptkin, Jacques Novicow, William McDougall, Peter Chalmers Mitchell and a host of now-forgotten naturalist, biometricians, geneticist, eugenists, physicians, psychologist, professionals and minor savant of the time.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The Darwinian legacy; 2. The age of Spencer and Huxley; 3. Crisis in the West: the pre-war generation and the new biology; 4. 'The natural decline of warfare': anti-war evolutionism prior to 1914; 5. The Great War: man the fighting animal; 6. The survival of peace biology; 7. Naturalistic fallacies and noble ends; 8. Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521466455
ISBN-10: 0521466458
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Crook, Paul
Crook, D. P.
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Crook (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2003
Gewicht: 0,522 kg
preigu-id: 113421413
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The Darwinian legacy; 2. The age of Spencer and Huxley; 3. Crisis in the West: the pre-war generation and the new biology; 4. 'The natural decline of warfare': anti-war evolutionism prior to 1914; 5. The Great War: man the fighting animal; 6. The survival of peace biology; 7. Naturalistic fallacies and noble ends; 8. Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521466455
ISBN-10: 0521466458
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Crook, Paul
Crook, D. P.
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Crook (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2003
Gewicht: 0,522 kg
preigu-id: 113421413
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