Thomas F Glick

The Reception of Darwinism in the Iberian World: Spain, Spanish America and Brazil - Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Thomas F Glick 2001 edition

Marc Notes: Selected papers from a colloquium held in Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 10-14, 1997.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface. Part One: The Reception of Darwinism. The Evolutionist Mentality in Argentina: An Ideology of Progress; M. Montserrat. The Reception of Darwinism in Uruguay; T. F. Glick. Biological Evolutionism in Cuba at the End of the Nineteenth Century; P. M. P. Goodgall. The Introduction of Darwinism in Brazil; H. M. B. Domingues, M. R. Sa. Natural History, High-Altitude Physiology and Evolutionary Ideas in Peru; M. Cueto. Repercussions of Evolutionism in the Spanish Natural History Society; F. Pelayo. Darwinism and Botany: The Acceptance of Darwinian Concepts in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Botanical Studies; S. Pinar. Darwinism in Spanish Physical Anthropology; M. A. Puig-Samper. Part Two: Eugenics, Degeneration and Social Darwinism. The Mexican Eugenics Society: Racial Selection and Improvement; L. S. Y Lopez-Guazo. Darwinism, Eugenics and Mendelism in Cuban Biological Education: 1900-1959; A. G. Gonzalez. The Theory of Degeneration in Spain (1886-1920); R. C. Marin, R. Huertas. The Moral Economy of Nature: Darwinism and the Struggle for Life in Spanish Anarchism (1882-1914(; A. Giron. Desvio al Paraiso': Citizenship and Social Darwinism in Bolivia, 1880-1920; M. Irurozqui. Part Three: Theoretical Perspectives. The Scientific and Popular Receptions of Darwin, Freud, and Einstein: Toward an Analytical History of the Diffusion of Scientific Ideas; Th. F. Glick, M. G. Henderson. Darwinism: Its Hard Core; R. Ruiz, F. J. Ayala. Index."

Contributor Bio:  Glick, Thomas F Eve-Marie Engels is Professor of Ethics in the Life Sciences at the University of Tubingen, Germany.