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"The social construction of scientific knowledge, clearly one of the most exciting trends in the history of science in the 1890's, has made a solid stride forward with the publication of Archetypes and Ancestors. . . . Adrian Desmond set out to determine how much light might be shed on the mid-Victorian controversies over fossil reconstruction by an investigation of the ideological commitments and political programs of London paleontologists. The answer is: a great deal of light. The resulting book is thoroughly fascinating."—Philip Rehbock, American Historical Review
"A sophisticated study of the colonization of scientific territory—specifically of rival attempts to design the dinosaur—and of the constructive (not just obstructive) role of social pressures in the making of 'lasting contributions' to science. Not least it is a joy to read, perkily irreverent at times and full of nice vignettes and memorable turns of phrase."—Roy Porter, Times Higher Education Supplement
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Adrian Desmond is the author of Hotblooded Dinosaurs and The Ape's Reflexion, as well as numerous articles.
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- EditoreUniv of Chicago Pr
- Data di pubblicazione1986
- ISBN 10 0226143449
- ISBN 13 9780226143446
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- Numero di pagine288
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Archetypes and Ancestors : Palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850-1875
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1982. Geology, History of Science, Natural History. University of Chicago Press. 287p. fine paperback. Codice articolo 25054
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No former owner marks, minor creasing to top of front wrap. Overall in very good condition. From the Archaeus Project library. Codice articolo 14600
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Original Paperback. Condizione: Gut. Ill.; 287 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Very good and clean. - Carpenter's support for Huxley in the fifties and sixties brings me to my last point. Although x Club agitation was primarily for secular and naturalistic ends, it enjoyed the backing of many young Christian biologists in the city. Carpenter for one, the Methodist anatomist and proverbial boffin W. K. Parker for another, and of course the Broad Churchman Flower, arguably the best museum curator last century: all shared Huxley's financial fears and "professionalising" concerns. All wanted Natural History knocked into shape as a professional (i.e. reputable) discipline, which invariably meant ousting the spider-stuffers, country parsons and the like. Christian surgeons, the affable Flower and Huxley's Calvinistic colleague, J. W. Hulke, who did so much of the palaeontological donkey work, admittedly kept a low profile, nevertheless their presence was probably crucial. From this fact alone it should be clear that what we are investigating is not the wearisome 'warfare' history of old. Never was it simply a matter of Church-baiting rationalists triumphing over religious obscurantism, but a more subtle attempt, jointly undertaken by 'agnostics', deists and some Christians, to professionalise science and put it at the disposal of the mercantile middle classes. Hence the inevitable opposition of the Oxbridge dons, in the service, so to speak, of the traditionally antagonistic landed party, with its diametric social and moral order. Not to put too fine a point on it, the debate - even as it affected palaeontology - was probably as much about the kind of social order that should prevail, democratic or aristocratic, as whether natural theology still had a place in evolutionary theory, although in the final analysis the two factors will undoubtedly be found to be inextricably related.So my strategy, broadly speaking, will be to investigate how far abstruse debates over mammal ancestry or dinosaur stance reflected the cultural context and the social commitment of the protagonists, and as a result to determine the extent to which ideological influences penetrated palaeontology to shape it at both the conceptual and factual level. ISBN 9780226143446 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 380. Codice articolo 1184778
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Archetypes and ancestors : palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850-1875 / Adrian Desmond
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University of Chicago Press Edition. Fine paperback copy. Cover tanned lightly as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index. Contents; Huxley, Owen, and the archetype -- Creative continuity: Fossils & Theology -- Huxley's 'Persistence' -- Social function and fossil form -- "Phylogeny" -- Groves of trees & grades of life. Subjects; Paleontology England London History. LONDON (England): palaeontology: nineteenth century: history of science. PALEONTOLOGY: nineteenth century: history of science. England London. 1 Kg. Codice articolo 399822
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