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OverviewFirst published in 1983, this book explores a number of avenues of critical thinking about Joseph Conrad, showing him as an author deeply concerned with humankind’s ethical motivation and its relationship with the ideas of evolution current in his day. Allan Hunter establishes Conrad’s detailed knowledge of the leading evolutionary arguments of the period and the main questions posed: were ethics God-given or were morals merely an evolved attribute? His novels are shown as debates with, and extensions of, the theories of Huxley, Darwin, Carlyle, Spencer, Lombroso and others on the nature of humanity and altruism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Allan HunterPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138794733ISBN 10: 1138794732 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 08 December 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Mechanism of the Universe 2. The Challenges: Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness 3. Theory and Counter-Theory 4. Nostromo: Heroes and Hobson 5. The Secret Agent: Society’s Web and Lombroso 6. Under Western Eyes: Independence and Collapse; Bibliography; IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAllan Hunter Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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