Darwin without Malthus: The Struggle for Existence in Russian Evolutionary ThoughtOxford University Press, 1989 M07 13 - 238 pages 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. |
Contents
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1 Darwins Metaphor and His Russian Audience | 7 |
2 Malthus Darwin and Russian Social Thought | 24 |
3 Beketov Botany and the Harmony of Nature | 45 |
4 Korzhinskii the Steppe and the Theory of Heterogenesis | 62 |
5 Mechnikov Darwinism and the Phagocytic Theory | 82 |
6 Kessler and Russias Mutual Aid Tradition | 104 |
7 Kropotkins Theory of Mutual Aid | 123 |
8 Severtsov Timiriazev and the Classical Tradition | 143 |
Conclusion | 166 |
Notes | 173 |
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