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Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism (Paperback)
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Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism (Paperback)
Series: Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
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Through a reassessment of phrenology, Phrenology and the Origins of
Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works
in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been
unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague 'naturalism of
the times' explanation. It is often assumed that the scientific
naturalism familiar in late nineteenth century writers such as T.H.
Huxley and John Tyndall are the effects of a 'Darwinian revolution'
unleashed in 1859 on an unsuspecting world following the
publication of The Origin of Species. Yet it can be misleading to
view Darwin's work in isolation, without locating it in the context
of a well established and vigorous debate concerning scientific
naturalism. Throughout the nineteenth century intellectuals and
societies had been discussing the relationship between nature and
man, and the scientific and religious implications thereof. At the
forefront of these debates were the advocates of phrenology, who
sought to apply their theories to a wide range of subjects, from
medicine and the treatment of the insane, to education, theology
and even economic theories. Showing how ideas about naturalism and
the doctrine of natural laws were born in the early phrenology
controversies in the 1820s, this book charts the spread of such
views. It argues that one book in particular, The Constitution of
Man in Relation to External Objects (1828) by George Combe, had an
enormous influence on scientific thinking and the popularity of the
'naturalistic movement'. The Constitution was one of the
best-selling books of the nineteenth century, being published
continuously from 1828 to 1899, and selling more than 350,000
copies throughout the world, many times more than Dawin's The
Origin of Species. By restoring Combe and his work to centre stage
it provides modern scholars with a more accurate picture of the
Victorians' view of their place in Nature.
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