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"The idea that morally, mentally, and physically superior 'new men' might replace the currently existing mankind has periodically seized the imagination of intellectuals, leaders, and reformers throughout history. This volume offers a multidisciplinary investigation into how the 'new man' was made in Russia and the early Soviet Union in the first third of the 20th century. The traditional narrative of the Soviet 'new man' as a creature forged by propaganda is challenged by the strikingly new and varied case studies presented here. The book focuses on the interplay between the rapidly developing experimental life sciences, such as biology, medicine, and psychology, and countless cultural products, ranging from film and fiction, dolls and museum exhibits to pedagogical projects, sculptures, and exemplary agricultural fairs. With contributions from scholars based in the United States, Canada, the UK, Germany and Russia, the picture that emerges is emphatically more complex, contradictory, and suggestive of strong parallels with other 'new man' visions in Europe and elsewhere. In contrast to previous interpretations that focused largely on the apparent disconnect between utopian 'new man' rhetoric and the harsh realities of everyday life in the Soviet Union, this volume brings to light the surprising historical trajectories of 'new man' visions, their often obscure origins, acclaimed and forgotten champions, unexpected and complicated results, and mutual interrelations. In short, the volume is a timely examination of a recurring theme in modern history, when dramatic advancements in science and technology conjoin with anxieties about the future to fuel dreams of a new and improved mankind"--
Sociobiology --- Sociobiology --- Human evolution --- Human evolution --- Human evolution in literature. --- Art and science. --- History --- Social aspects --- History --- Social aspects --- Russia --- Soviet Union --- Intellectual life --- Intellectual life.
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English literature --- Human evolution in literature --- Human evolution --- Nature in literature --- History and criticism --- Philosophy --- Darwin, Charles --- Hudson, W. H. --- Kingsley, Charles, --- Wallace, Alfred Russel, --- Travel --- Travel --- Travel --- Travel
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A highly innovative study analysing Homeric conflict from the perspective of modern evolutionary biology.
Civilization, Homeric. --- Human evolution in literature. --- Sex distribution (Demography) --- Trojan War --- War in literature. --- History. --- Literature and the war. --- Civilization, Homeric --- Human evolution in literature --- War in literature --- Gender distribution (Demography) --- Demography --- Homeric civilization --- History --- Literature and the war --- Homer --- Homeros --- Homère --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Homerus --- Hóiméar --- Hūmīrūs --- Gomer --- Omir --- Omer --- Omero --- Ho-ma --- Homa --- Homérosz --- האמער --- הומירוס --- הומר --- הומרוס --- هومر --- هوميروس --- 荷马 --- Ὅμηρος --- Гамэр --- Hamėr --- Омир --- Homero --- 호메로스 --- Homerosŭ --- Homērs --- Homeras --- Хомер --- ホメーロス --- ホメロス --- Гомер --- Homeri --- Hema --- Pseudo-Homer --- Pseudo Omero
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Die Untersuchung möglicher evolutionärer Ursprünge menschlichen Verhaltens und dabei auch der Kunst und Literatur hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem fruchtbaren, aber auch umstittenen Arbeitsfeld entwickelt. Galt noch vor wenigen Jahren das Paradigma, dass ausschließlich Kultur die menschliche Lebenswirklichkeit bestimmt, so werden inzwischen alternative Modelle diskutiert, nach denen auch evolutionär erworbene Faktoren eine wesentliche Rolle spielen können. Daraus ergeben sich spannende Fragestellungen für die Untersuchung der Funktionalität des Erzählens in der frühmenschlichen Umwelt, der Entwicklung narrativer Strukturen sowie auch der Rolle bei der Produktion und Rezeption fiktionaler Texte. Die in diesem Band versammelten Aufsätze diskutieren diese Fragen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven und geben damit einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand in diesem wesentlichen interdisziplinären Forschungsgebiet.
Storytelling. --- Literature and science. --- Human evolution in literature. --- Evolution (Biology) in literature. --- Storytelling --- Literature and science --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Folklore --- Story-telling --- Telling of stories --- Poetry and science --- Science and literature --- Science and poetry --- Oral interpretation --- Children's stories --- Oral interpretation of fiction --- Science and the humanities --- Performance --- Adaptation. --- Darwinism. --- Evolution and Literature. --- Narration.
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