Darwinism, War and History: The Debate Over the Biology of War from the 'Origin of Species' to the First World WarThis book challenges the received view that Darwinism generated essentially aggressive and warlike social values and pugnacious images of humankind. Paul Crook reconstructs the influential discourse of "peace biology," whose liberal vision was of a basically free humanity, not fettered by iron laws of biological necessity or governed by violent genes. By exploring a gamut of Darwinian readings of history and war, mainly in the English-speaking world prior to 1919, this study throws important new light on militarism, peace movements, the origins of World War I and British social thought. |
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... biological causes and effects of war between the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859 and World War I ... biology and applied to society . Paul Crook concludes that historians have under- valued the discourse of ' peace ...
... biological causes and effects of war between the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859 and World War I ... biology and applied to society . Paul Crook concludes that historians have under- valued the discourse of ' peace ...
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... biology of war ' - that is , over the supposedly biological causes and effects of war - that took place between 1859 and 1919 , with especial attention to the legacy of Darwinism for theories of war and human aggression . Darwinism ...
... biology of war ' - that is , over the supposedly biological causes and effects of war - that took place between 1859 and 1919 , with especial attention to the legacy of Darwinism for theories of war and human aggression . Darwinism ...
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... biology ' that grew out of co - operationist interpretations of biological theory . ' Peace biology ' is defined as a matrix of biological arguments and vocabularies that could be used ideologically to foster peace causes . A sub ...
... biology ' that grew out of co - operationist interpretations of biological theory . ' Peace biology ' is defined as a matrix of biological arguments and vocabularies that could be used ideologically to foster peace causes . A sub ...
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... biological laws . Offsetting this in the debate were less strident , but persistent , themes against biological determinism . These may be traced back to Darwin , who was no determinist , even though his work set a fashion for arguing ...
... biological laws . Offsetting this in the debate were less strident , but persistent , themes against biological determinism . These may be traced back to Darwin , who was no determinist , even though his work set a fashion for arguing ...
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... biological terms , the disciplines and practitioners of biology , bio - medicine and bio - psychology might expect to play a vital role in future human affairs , both in mediating knowledge and in orchestrating political planning and ...
... biological terms , the disciplines and practitioners of biology , bio - medicine and bio - psychology might expect to play a vital role in future human affairs , both in mediating knowledge and in orchestrating political planning and ...
Contents
The Darwinian legacy | 6 |
The age of Spencer and Huxley | 29 |
Crisis in the west the prewar generation and the new biology | 63 |
The natural decline of warfare antiwar evolutionism prior to 1914 | 98 |
The First World War man the fighting animal | 130 |
The survival of peace biology | 153 |
Naturalistic fallacies and noble ends | 176 |
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