Joseph Conrad and the Ethics of Darwinism (Routledge Revivals)

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ISBN9781138794726
AutoresAllan Hunter
EditoraTaylor & Francis Ltd
FormatoCapa dura
Número de páginas272
Peso (kg)0,440
Data de Publicação19/03/2014
Preço (iva excl.)€ 210,28
Imposto€ 12,62
Preço (iva inc.)€ 222,90
Disponibilidade2 unidades em armazém externo

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First published in 1983, this book explores a number of avenues of critical thinking about Joseph Conrad, showing him as an author deeply concerned with humankind’s ethical motivation and its relationship with the ideas of evolution current in his day. Allan Hunter establishes Conrad’s detailed knowledge of the leading evolutionary arguments of the period and the main questions posed: were ethics God-given or were morals merely an evolved attribute? His novels are shown as debates with, and extensions of, the theories of Huxley, Darwin, Carlyle, Spencer, Lombroso and others on the nature of humanity and altruism.