Article ID: CBB000021291

The image of the Black in the writings of Johann Gottfried Herder (1978)

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Description “Although the German thinker has often been claimed as a precursor by the proponents of the theory of evolution by descent, he would on closer scrutiny seem to adhere to the older metaphysical system of the Chain of Being, which is basically static and creationist, as distinguished from the inherent dynamism of evolution. Religious orthodoxy, 18th-century rationalism, and a rising sense of scientific realism are interwoven in his thought...”


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Authors & Contributors
Nisbet, Hugh Barr
Helbig, Daniela
Zeuch, Ulricke
Wolloch, Nathaniel
Torra-Mattenklott, Caroline
Schödlbauer, Ulrich
Concepts
Science
Life sciences
Animal power
Historiography
Animals
Animal welfare
Time Periods
18th century
Enlightenment
17th century
Places
Scotland
Great Britain
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