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Darwin in Russian thought / Alexander Vucinich.
LIBRA B1623 .V83 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vucinich, Alexander, 1914-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Philosophy, Russian--19th century.
- Philosophy, Russian.
- Philosophy, Russian--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 468 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1988]
- Summary:
- This book represents the first comprehensive and systematic study of Charles Darwin's influence on Russian thought from the early 1860s to the October Revolution. Vucinich also explores the dominant ideological and sociological interpretations of evolutionary thought, providing a deft analysis of the views held by the leaders of Russian nihilism, populism, anarchism, and Marxism.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 425-453.
- ISBN:
- 0520062833
- OCLC:
- 17649094
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