Article ID: CBB374593926

A Darwinian Murder: The Role of the Barré-Lebiez Affair in the Diffusion of Darwinism in Nineteenth-Century France (2022)

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Most studies on the reception of Darwinism in France focus on the scientific community. This essay investigates the popular press. Widely discussed in French newspapers in 1878, Darwinism was connected with a sensational murder case in which two well-educated young men, Aimé Barré and Paul Lebiez, killed an elderly woman. Before his arrest, Lebiez had given a public lecture on the Darwinian “struggle for life.” Competing factions of the press explicitly linked the case with Darwinism to advance either conservative or republican political agendas, which brought Darwinism into the public eye. This essay argues that Charles Darwin’s instrumentalization was decisive in spreading his theory in French society. That same year, the Academy of Sciences elected Darwin to membership after six failed attempts.

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Authors & Contributors
Aird, Rosemary
Bowe, Brian J.
Bowler, Peter J.
Boyd, Amanda D.
Buklijas, Tatjana
Buys, Laurie
Journals
Public Understanding of Science
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
History of Science
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Science and Education
Publishers
Meltemi
Routledge
University of Illinois Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
Concepts
Public understanding of science
Mass media
Public opinion
Periodicals; serials
Science and society
Journalism
People
Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe
Boubée, Nérée
Dana, James Dwight
Eaton, Amos
Gray, Asa
Henry, Joseph
Time Periods
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
18th century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
France
United States
Vienna (Austria)
Brazil
Australia
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