Article ID: CBB001210116

Patrick Geddes and the Politics of Evolution (2010)

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Ever since they began to be widely discussed during the early nineteenth century, evolutionary ideas have played a controversial role in debates about politics and social reform. Understanding the political commitments of those who have sought to integrate politics and evolution is a complex challenge, though; not least because memories of mid-twentieth-century eugenic policies have frequently shaped how we talk about biosocial science. However, as the case of the Scottish biologist-turned-town-planner Patrick Geddes highlights, while we need to be aware of the broad appeal that biosocial science has historically held, we also need to recognise that current political categories can be misleading when thinking about those of who have put evolution and politics together.

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Description On the ideas of the Scottish biologist who became a town planner.


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Authors & Contributors
Leonardo Ciacci
Ceccarelli, David
Vogel, David
Colm Lavery
Weikart, Richard
Waizbort, Ricardo
Concepts
Eugenics
Evolution
Evolution and ethics
Science and race
Science and politics
Darwinism
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
Early modern
Modern
Places
United States
Germany
New England (U.S.)
South America
California (U.S.)
Great Britain
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
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