Samuel Butler against the Professionals Samuel Butler against the Professionals

Samuel Butler against the Professionals

Rethinking Lamarckism 1860-1900

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In the wake of the 2009 Darwin bicentenary, Samuel Butler (1835-1902) is becoming as well known for his public attack on Darwin's character and the basis of his scientific authority as for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh. In the first monograph devoted to Butler's ideas for over twenty years, David Gillott offers a much-needed reappraisal of Butler's work and shows how Lamarckian ideas pervaded the whole of Butler's wide-ranging ouevre, and not merely his evolutionary theory. In particular, he argues that Lamarckism was the foundation on which Butler's attempt to undermine professional authority in a variety of disciplines was based. Samuel Butler against the Professionals provides new insight into a fascinating but often misunderstood writer, and on the surprisingly broad application of Lamarckian ideas in the decades following publication of the Origin of Species.

GÉNERO
Referencia
PUBLICADO
2017
5 de julio
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
198
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Taylor & Francis
VENDEDOR
Taylor & Francis Group
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2
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