Was the theory of natural selection considered a description of Victorian society or a vision of how society ought to be?Discuss

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Was the theory of natural selection considered a description of Victorian society or a vision of how society ought to be?

 

 

Essential reading

Is the theory of Natural Selection independant of its history?

Gregory raddick

2003

The cambridge companion to darwin 147-172

Looking backward, 2000-1887

Book by Edward Bellamy [1917] Essential

Read the introduction and chapter V.

Evolution social and organic

Book by Arthur M. Lewis 1908 Essential

Please read chapter V “de Vries’ Mutation” (pp.81–96)

Looking backward, 2000-1887 in The Internet Archive

Book by Edward Bellamy 1890 Optional

Note for students

—Offers a vision of slow, gradual evolution towards socialism.

Looking backward, 2000-1887

Book by Edward Bellamy 2007

—Offers a vision of slow, gradual evolution towards socialism.

Wealth in The North American Review

Article by Andrew Carnegie September 1981

The Best Fields for Philanthropy in The North American Review

Article by Andrew Carnegie December 1889

Progress And Poverty in The Internet Archive

Book by Henry George 1876

Secondary reading

Common Knowledge: Science and the Late Victorian Working-Class Press in History of Science

Article by Erin McLaughlin-Jenkins December 2001 Optional

Eugenics and Utopia: Sexual Selection from Galton to Morris in Utopian Studies

Article by Patrick Parrinder 1997 Optional

American socialists and evolutionary thought, 1870-1920 | Chapter 11: ‘Science and the New Socialist Intellectuals’ in American socialists and evolutionary thought, 1870-1920

Chapter by Mark Pittenger Optional

Note for students

Chapter 11: ‘Science and the New Socialist Intellectuals’ is the seminar reading, but the rest of the book is excellent if you’re interested in this topic. DIGITISED extract. Licensed for use by students registered on this course.

The first Darwinian left : socialism and Darwinism 1859-1914

Book by David Stack 2003 Optional

Darwin Without Malthus : the struggle for existence in Russian evolutionary thought

Book by Daniel Philip Todes 1989 Optional

Global Spencerism : The communication and appropriation of a British evolutionist

Book edited by Bernard V Lightman 2016 Optional

Darwin’s Metaphor : Nature’s place in Victorian culture

Book by Robert M Young 1985 Optional

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