Darwinism, war, and history the debate over the biology of war from the "Origin of species" to the First World War
(Publisher-supplied data) While much has been written upon Social Darwinism, the historical impact of Darwinism upon theories of war and human aggression has been sadly neglected. This book is the first to study this discourse in depth. It challenges the received view that Darwinism generated essent...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
1994.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39694859*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The Darwinian legacy
- 2. The age of Spencer and Huxley
- 3. Crisis in the west: the pre-war generation and the new biology
- 4. 'The natural decline of warfare': anti-war evolutionism prior to 1914
- 5. The first owrld war: man the fighting animal
- 6. The survival of peace biology
- 7. Naturalistic fallacies and noble ends
- 8. Conclusion.
