LEADER 03684nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910967100303321 005 20240513165958.0 010 $a9786613058461 010 $a9781283058469 010 $a1283058464 010 $a9780226596181 010 $a0226596184 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226596181 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066348 035 $a(EBL)648123 035 $a(OCoLC)695995021 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000469368 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12184889 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469368 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10510821 035 $a(PQKB)10665250 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC648123 035 $a(DE-B1597)524156 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226596181 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL648123 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438640 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305846 035 $a(Perlego)1853439 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066348 100 $a20100409d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|uu|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom man to ape $eDarwinism in Argentina, 1870-1920 /$fAdriana Novoa and Alex Levine 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a9780226596167 311 0 $a0226596168 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. The Roots of Evolutionary Thought in Argentina --$tChapter 2. The Reception of Darwinism in Argentina --$tChapter 3. The Triumph of Darwinism in Argentina --$tChapter 4. The Culture of Extinction --$tChapter 5. Sexual Selection and the Politics of Mating --$tChapter 6. Evolutionary Psychology and Its Analogies --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $aUpon 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. 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$zArgentina$xHistory 606 $aScience$zArgentina$xHistory 615 0$aEvolution (Biology)$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 676 $a576.8/20982 700 $aNovoa$b Adriana$f1963-$01807291 701 $aLevine$b Alex$f1966-$01807292 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967100303321 996 $aFrom man to ape$94356925 997 $aUNINA