'A theory to work with': On The Origin of Species and its contemporary reception
- Author
- Professor Paul Turnbull, Griffith University
- Published
- Wed 29 Apr 2009
- Episode Link
- https://www.nma.gov.au/audio/charles-darwin-series/a-theory-to-work-with-emon-the-origin-of-speciesem-and-its-contemporary-reception
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
Historian Paul Turnbull summarises Charles Darwin's arguments in Origin, its diverse reception in British and European circles from 1860 to 1900, and how the natural history of humanity came to be envisaged in Darwinian terms.
