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Why Darwin was English
- Author(s):
- Gabriel Finkelstein (see profile)
- Date:
- 2000
- Subject(s):
- Evolution (Biology), Science, History, National characteristics, Nationalism, 1837-1901
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Darwinism, History of science, Innovation, National identity, Victorian history
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M61J9773V
- Abstract:
- A "late developer" argument, common to Psychology and Economic History, can be used to explain cultural innovation. It argues that the 19th century theory of natural selection arose in England and not Germany because of – and not in spite of – England’s scientific backwardness. Measured in terms of institutions, communities, and ideas, the relative retardation of English science was precisely what enabled it to adopt German advances in novel ways.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- 10.1016/S0160-9327(00)01290-4
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Pub. Date:
- 2000
- Journal:
- Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 2
- Page Range:
- 76 - 78
- ISSN:
- 0160-9327
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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