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Phylogenetic Systematics - Haeckel to Hennig (Paperback)
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Phylogenetic Systematics - Haeckel to Hennig (Paperback)
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Phylogenetic Systematics: Haeckel to Hennig traces the development
of phylogenetic systematics against the foil of idealistic
morphology through 100 years of German biology. It starts with the
iconic Ernst Haeckel-the German Darwin from Jena-and the
evolutionary morphology he developed. It ends with Willi Hennig,
the founder of modern phylogenetic systematics. Written in English,
the book presents a unique perspective on a vast body of German
biological literature. The book also offers a perspective on German
biology in the Third Reich. The author looks at how idealistic
morphology and phylogenetic systematics represented two
antagonistic traditions in German biology, the first
organicist-holistic, the latter empiricist-positivistic. In
addition, he explains the ways in which both traditions acquired
socio-political and ideological connotations, culminating in their
accommodation to different strands of Nazi ideology. The book's
nine chapters summarize a century of the conceptual development of
systematics, describe both the history and philosophy of
phylogenetic approaches to the understanding of the history of
life, examine the role of important people such as Haeckel,
Gegenbauer, Portman, von Bertalanffy, Stresemann, and Hennig, and
critically evaluate the impact and influence of Nazism on
evolutionary biology. Chapter titles include: The Evolutionary Turn
in Comparative Anatomy; Of Parts and Wholes; The Turn against
Haeckel; The Rise of Holism in German Biology; The Rise of German
("Aryan") Biology; Ganzheitsbiologie; The Ideological
Instrumentalization of Biology; A New Beginning: From Speciation to
Phylogenetics; and Grundzuge: The Conceptual Foundations of
Phylogenetic Systematics.
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