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The Science of Sympathy: Morality, Evolution, and Victorian Civilization
Rob Boddice
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Description for The Science of Sympathy: Morality, Evolution, and Victorian Civilization
Paperback. Series: History of Emotions. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
In his Descent of Man , Charles Darwin placed sympathy at the crux of morality in a civilized human society. His idea buttressed the belief that white, upper-class, educated men deserved their sense of superiority by virtue of good breeding. It also implied that societal progress could be steered by envisioning a new blueprint for sympathy that redefined moral actions carried out in sympathy's name. Rob Boddice joins a daring intellectual history of sympathy to a portrait of how the first Darwinists defined and employed it. As Boddice shows, their interpretations of Darwin's ideas sparked a cacophonous ... Read more
In his Descent of Man , Charles Darwin placed sympathy at the crux of morality in a civilized human society. His idea buttressed the belief that white, upper-class, educated men deserved their sense of superiority by virtue of good breeding. It also implied that societal progress could be steered by envisioning a new blueprint for sympathy that redefined moral actions carried out in sympathy's name. Rob Boddice joins a daring intellectual history of sympathy to a portrait of how the first Darwinists defined and employed it. As Boddice shows, their interpretations of Darwin's ideas sparked a cacophonous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
History of Emotions
Condition
New
Weight
288g
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252082054
SKU
V9780252082054
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About Rob Boddice
Rob Boddice works at the Department of History and Cultural Studies, Freie UniversitAt Berlin. His books include Edward Jenner and Pain: A Very Short Introduction .
Reviews for The Science of Sympathy: Morality, Evolution, and Victorian Civilization
A landmark work in the history of science and the emotions.
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences The Science of Sympathy is an impressive achievement, stimulating, interesting, and well-written.
British Journal for the History of Science Stimulating and interesting. Boddice has taken some of the most important topics in ... Read more
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences The Science of Sympathy is an impressive achievement, stimulating, interesting, and well-written.
British Journal for the History of Science Stimulating and interesting. Boddice has taken some of the most important topics in ... Read more