Historical Materialism and Social Evolution

Historical Materialism and Social Evolution brings together a collection of essays which investigate the relationship between Marxist thought and Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Each of the contributors emphasize the idea that the distinctive character of progressive social t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blackledge, Paul (Editor), Kirkpatrick, Graeme (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2002, 2002
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Historical Materialism and Social Evolution brings together a collection of essays which investigate the relationship between Marxist thought and Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Each of the contributors emphasize the idea that the distinctive character of progressive social thought is derived from creative ideas drawn from the study of natural evolutionary processes
Physical Description:VIII, 244 p online resource
ISBN:9781403919977