Book ID: CBB117113747

Imagining the Darwinian Revolution: Historical Narratives of Evolution from the Nineteenth Century to the Present (2022)

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This volume considers the relationship between the development of evolution and its historical representations by focusing on the so-called Darwinian Revolution. The very idea of the Darwinian Revolution is a historical construct devised to help explain the changing scientific and cultural landscape that was ushered in by Charles Darwin’s singular contribution to natural science. And yet, since at least the 1980s, science historians have moved away from traditional “great man” narratives to focus on the collective role that previously neglected figures have played in formative debates of evolutionary theory. Darwin, they argue, was not the driving force behind the popularization of evolution in the nineteenth century. This volume moves the conversation forward by bringing Darwin back into the frame, recognizing that while he was not the only important evolutionist, his name and image came to signify evolution itself, both in the popular imagination as well as in the work and writings of other evolutionists. Together, contributors explore how the history of evolution has been interpreted, deployed, and exploited to fashion the science behind our changing understandings of evolution from the nineteenth century to the present.

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Authors & Contributors
Ruse, Michael
Mazzeo, Marco
Silva, Ignacio Alberto
Minelli, Alessandro
Yegge, John G.
Young, Christian C.
Concepts
Evolution
Darwinism
Historiography
Science and religion
Science and society
Creationism
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
Early modern
17th century
Places
United States
Spain
Latin America
Europe
Great Britain
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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