The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe [Hardcover]

Charles Darwin is a crucial figure in nineteenth-century science with an extensive and varied reception in different countries and disciplines. His theory had a revolutionary impact not only on biology, but also on other natural sciences and the new social sciences. The term 'Darwinism', already popular in Darwin's lifetime, ranged across many different areas and ideological aspects, and his own ideas about the implications of evolution for human cognitive, emotional, social and ethical capacities were often interpreted in a way that did not mirror his own intentions. The implications for religious, philosophical and political issues and institutions remain as momentous today as in his own time.
This volume?conveys the many-sidedness of Darwin's reception and exhibit his far-reaching impact on our self- understanding as human beings.

Volume 1Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Abbreviations Time Line: European Reception of Charles Darwin Editors' Introduction Part I: The Darwinian Revolution in Britain 1.Darwin's Philosophical Revolution: Evolutionary Naturalism and First Reactions to his Theory, Eve-Marie Engels (University of T?bingen) 2. Correspondence as a Medium of Reception and Appropriation, Paul White (University of Cambridge) 3. Nation and Religion, The Debate about Darwinism in Ireland: Greta Jones (University of Ulster) Part II: Northwest Europe 4. Under Darwin's Banner: Ernst Haeckel, Carl Gegenbaur and Evolutionary Morphology, Mario A. Di Gregorio (University of L'Aquila) 5. Only 'Dreams from an Afternoon Nap'? Darwin's Theory of Evolution and the Foundation of Biological Anthropology in Germany 1860-1875, Dirk Backenk?hler (University of T?bingen) 6. Darwin's Relevance for Nineteenth-Century Physics and Physicists: A Comparative Study, Helmut Pulte (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum) 7. Darwinism in Finland, Anto Leikola (University of Helsinki) 8. Darwinizing the Danes, 1859-1909: Peter C. Kj?rgaard (University lĂ{