The Invention of Altruism - Making Moral Meanings in Victorian Britain

Zusatztext thoughtful, deeply researched book ... an important book that all students of late-Victorian culture should read. Klappentext This volume explores how Victorian philosophers, scientists, clergymen, and novelists debated the meaning of the new term 'altruism'. Including a reappraisal of Charles Darwin's ideas and insights into the rise of popular socialism, this study is highly relevant to contemporary debates about altruism, evolution, religion, and ethics. Zusammenfassung This volume explores how Victorian philosophers, scientists, clergymen, and novelists debated the meaning of the new term 'altruism'. Including a reappraisal of Charles Darwin's ideas and insights into the rise of popular socialism, this study is highly relevant to contemporary debates about altruism, evolution, religion, and ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Making Moral Meanings 2: Encounters with Positivism 3: Death and Immortality 4: The Darwinian Conscience 5: Herbert Spencer, The Radical 6: Poverty and the Ideal Self 7: Motherhood and the Ascent of Man 8: Egomania Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Dixon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9780197264263
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726426-3
• No. of pages: 420
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral F; British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs; British Academy Postdoctoral F
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought