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Routledge
248 Pages
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Routledge
248 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction, MonikaPietrzak-Franger, EckartVoigts; Part 1 The Cultural Evolution of Darwin’s Thought; Chapter 1 ‘I differ widely from you’, AngeliqueRichardson; Chapter 2 Evolution, Heredity and Visuality, SusanneScholz; Chapter 3 ‘How like us is that ugly brute, the ape!’, JochenPetzold; Chapter 4 Gender Trouble as Monkey Business, JulikaGriem; Part 2 Darwin’s Cultural Resonance Today; Chapter 5 Neo-Victorian Darwin, AnnHeilmann; Chapter 6 (Mis-)Representations of Darwin’s Origin and Evolutionary Master Narratives in The Sea (2005) and The Secret Scripture (2008), Felix C.H.Sprang; Chapter 7 Evolution for Better or for Worse?, AngelaSchwarz; Part 3 Darwin as ‘Pop Star’ of Contemporary Theory; Chapter 8 Displacing Humans, Reconfiguring Darwin in Contemporary Culture and Theory, VirginiaRichter; Chapter 9 Ordering Darwin, NilsWilkinson; Chapter 10 The Limits of Sociobiology, MathiasGutmann; Chapter 11 ‘Survival of the Fittest’ in Darwinian Metaphysics, Mommevon Sydow;
Biography
Monika Pietrzak-Franger is Assistant Professor at TU Braunschweig, Germany, Barbara Schaff is Professor for English Language and Culture at Göttingen University, Germany, and Eckart Voigts is Professor for English Literature and Culture at TU Braunschweig, Germany.
