Darwinism and the Linguistic Image: Language, Race, and Natural Theology in the Nineteenth Century (New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History) (Hardcover)

by Professor Stephen G. Alter PhD (Author) "THE METAPHORIC MIND of nineteenth-century science produced some striking conceptual transfers..." (more)
Key Phrases: branching descent, ethnological analogy, bishop illustration, Asa Gray, Charles Lyell, Lyell's Antiquity (more...)

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"The emphasis throughout on how analogies can influence belief is important and persuasive. All told, Alter has provided a rich and rewarding account of the often subtle connections that bound the nineteenth-century sciences of language and life." -- Gregory Radick, British Journal of the History of Science

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"By far the most comprehensive discussion of the contributions made by linguists for and against Darwin's theory. There are lessons here for the contemporary understanding of human evolution." -- Robert J. Richards, University of Chicago

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (December 14, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801858828
• ISBN-13: 978-0801858826
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
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