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



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Autore: Todes Daniel Philip Visualizza persona
Titolo: Darwin without Malthus : the struggle for existence in Russian evolutionary thought / / Daniel P. Todes Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
Disciplina: 575.01/62/09
Soggetto topico: Biology - Soviet Union - History
Biology - Soviet Union - Philosophy - History
Natural selection - History
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Darwin without Malthus  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-52389-1
9786610523894
0-19-536327-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824632903321
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Serie: Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.