Darwin without Malthus [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for existence in Russian evolutionary thought / / Daniel P. Todes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450830903321
• Autore: Todes Daniel Philip
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989
• ISBN: 1-280-52389-1; 9786610523894; 0-19-536327-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Collana: Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology
• Disciplina: 575.01/62/09
• Soggetti: Biology - Soviet Union - History; Biology - Soviet Union - Philosophy - History; Natural selection - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1. Darwin's Metaphor and His Russian Audience; 2. Malthus, Darwin, and Russian Social Thought; 3. Beketov, Botany, and the Harmony of Nature; 4. Korzhinskii, the Steppe, and the Theory of Heterogenesis; 5. Mechnikov, Darwinism, and the Phagocytic Theory; 6. Kessler and Russia's Mutual Aid Tradition; 7. Kropotkin's Theory of Mutual Aid; 8. Severtsov, Timiriazev, and the Classical Tradition; Conclusion; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first book in English to examine in detail the scientific work of 19th-century Russian evolutionists, and the first in any language to explore the relationship of their theories to their economic, political, and natural milieu.