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

ISBN-13: 9781138794733 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 260 str.

Allan Hunter;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

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. 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Allan Hunter