03684nam 2200685 a 450 991096710030332120240513165958.09786613058461978128305846912830584649780226596181022659618410.7208/9780226596181(CKB)2670000000066348(EBL)648123(OCoLC)695995021(SSID)ssj0000469368(PQKBManifestationID)12184889(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469368(PQKBWorkID)10510821(PQKB)10665250(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123049(MiAaPQ)EBC648123(DE-B1597)524156(DE-B1597)9780226596181(Au-PeEL)EBL648123(CaPaEBR)ebr10438640(CaONFJC)MIL305846(Perlego)1853439(EXLCZ)99267000000006634820100409d2010 uy 0engurun#---|uu|utxtccrFrom man to ape Darwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920 /Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine1st ed.Chicago ;London University of Chicago Press20101 online resource (294 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226596167 0226596168 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter 1. The Roots of Evolutionary Thought in Argentina --Chapter 2. The Reception of Darwinism in Argentina --Chapter 3. The Triumph of Darwinism in Argentina --Chapter 4. The Culture of Extinction --Chapter 5. Sexual Selection and the Politics of Mating --Chapter 6. Evolutionary Psychology and Its Analogies --Conclusion --Notes --Works Cited --IndexUpon its publication, The Origin of Species was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did Darwin's theories fare in other regions of the world? Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine offer here a history and interpretation of the reception of Darwinism in Argentina, illuminating the ways culture shapes scientific enterprise. In order to explore how Argentina's particular interests, ambitions, political anxieties, and prejudices shaped scientific research, From Man to Ape focuses on Darwin's use of analogies. Both analogy and metaphor are culturally situated, and by studying scientific activity at Europe's geographical and cultural periphery, Novoa and Levine show that familiar analogies assume unfamiliar and sometimes startling guises in Argentina. The transformation of these analogies in the Argentine context led science-as well as the interaction between science, popular culture, and public policy-in surprising directions. In diverging from European models, Argentine Darwinism reveals a great deal about both Darwinism and science in general. Novel in its approach and its subject, From Man to Ape reveals a new way of understanding Latin American science and its impact on the scientific communities of Europe and North America.Evolution (Biology)ArgentinaHistoryScienceArgentinaHistoryEvolution (Biology)History.ScienceHistory.576.8/20982Novoa Adriana1963-1807291Levine Alex1966-1807292MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967100303321From man to ape4356925UNINA