Anatomy, Anatomy - General & Miscellaneous, Evolution
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Overview
Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before.
"The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."—Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement
"One of those rare books that not only stakes out new territory but demands a radical overhaul of conventional wisdom."—John Hedley Brooke, Times Higher Education Supplement
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Desmond honorary research fellow, U. College, London surveys the social tracts generally ignored by Darwin scholars studying the Oxbridge tradition. He analyzes the radical social factions and identifies the early audiences for the emerging dissident sciences. He finds that the social implications of evolutionary science made it unacceptable to the establishment, but attractive to the secular anatomy schools and radical noncomformist colleges. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR booknews.comBook Details
Published
January 1, 1990
Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Pages
514
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780226143460