Joseph Conrad and the Ethics of Darwinism (Routledge Revivals): The Challenges of Science

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Allan Hunter

Joseph Conrad and the Ethics of Darwinism (Routledge Revivals)

The Challenges of Science

Allan Hunter

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Routledge
19 March 2014

Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Ethics & moral philosophy; History of science; The Earth: natural history general

Series: Routledge Revivals

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.

By: Allan Hunter
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138794726
ISBN 10: 1138794724
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 19 March 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Mechanism of the Universe 2. The Challenges: Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness 3. Theory and Counter-Theory 4. Nostromo: Heroes and Hobson 5. The Secret Agent: Society’s Web and Lombroso 6. Under Western Eyes: Independence and Collapse; Bibliography; Index

Allan Hunter