Opis: Reflecting on Darwin

Taking up the historical evolution of Darwin and his theories and the cultural responses they have inspired, Reflecting on Darwin poses the following questions: "How are the apparatuses in the mid-nineteenth century and at the turn of the twenty-first century interconnected with bio-scientific paradigms in art, literature, culture and science? How are naturalism, determinism and Darwinism - the eugenics of the nineteenth century and the genetic coding of the twentieth century - positioned, embodied and staged in various media configurations and media genres? and "How have particular media apparatuses formed, displaced or stabilized the various concepts of humankind in the framework of evolutionary theory? Ranging from the early circulation of Darwin's ideas to the present, this interdisciplinary collection pays particular attention to Darwin's postmillennial reception. Beginning with an overview of the historical development of contemporary ecological and ethical fears, Reflecting on Darwin then turns to Darwin's influence on contemporary media, neo-Victorian literature and culture, science fiction literature and film, and contemporary theory. In examining the plurality of ways in which Darwin has been rewritten and reappropriated, this unique volume both mirrors and inspects the complexity of recent debates in Victorian and neo-Victorian studies.Contents: Introduction: cultural reflections on Darwin and their historical evolution, Eckart Voigts and Minika Pietrzak-Franger; Part I The Cultural Evolution of Darwin's Thought: 'I differ widely from you': Darwin, Galton and the culture of eugenics, Angelique Richardson; Evolution, heredity and visuality: reading faces with Thomas Hardy, Susanne Scholz; 'How like us is that ugly brute, the ape!' - Darwin's 'ape theory' and its traces in Victorian children's magazines, Jochen Petzold; Gender trouble as monkey business: changing roles of simian characters in literature and film between 1870 and 1930, Julika Griem. Part II Darwin's Cultural Resonance Today: Neo-Victorian Darwin: representations of the 19th-century scientist, naturalist and explorer in 21st-century women's writing, Ann Heilmann; (Mis-)representations of Darwin's Origin and evolutionary master narratives in The Sea (2005) and The Secret Scripture (2008), Felix Sprang; Evolution for better or for worse? Science fiction literature and film and the public debate on the future of humanity, Angela Schwarz. Part III Darwin as 'Pop Star' of Contemporary Theory: Displacing humans: reconfiguring Darwin in contemporary culture and theory, Virginia Richter; Ordering Darwin: evolution and normativity, Nils Wilkinson; The limits of sociobiology: is there a sociobiological explanation of culture?, Matthias Gutmann; 'Survival of the fittest' in Darwin metaphysics: tautology or testable theory?, Momme von Sydow; Index.

Szczegóły: Reflecting on Darwin

Tytuł: Reflecting on Darwin
Producent: Ashgate Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781472414076
Rok produkcji: 2014
Ilość stron: 190
Oprawa: Twarda

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