Darwin without Malthus: The Struggle for Existence in Russian Evolutionary Thought

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Author(s): Daniel P. Todes
Series: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 1989

Language: English
Pages: 242

Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1. Darwin's Metaphor and His Russian Audience......Page 18
2. Malthus, Darwin, and Russian Social Thought......Page 35
3. Beketov, Botany, and the Harmony of Nature......Page 56
4. Korzhinskii, the Steppe, and the Theory of Heterogenesis......Page 73
5. Mechnikov, Darwinism, and the Phagocytic Theory......Page 93
6. Kessler and Russia's Mutual Aid Tradition......Page 115
7. Kropotkin's Theory of Mutual Aid......Page 144
8. Severtsov, Timiriazev, and the Classical Tradition......Page 164
Conclusion......Page 187
Notes......Page 194
D......Page 234
M......Page 235
W......Page 236
Z......Page 237
C......Page 238
I......Page 239
O......Page 240
S......Page 241
Z......Page 242