The problem of war : Darwinism, Christianity, and their battle to understand human conflict / Michael Ruse.

Author/creator Ruse, Michael author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxiv, 261 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Darwinian evolutionary theory -- Darwinism as religion -- Two visions of war -- Darwinism after Darwin -- Onward Christian soldiers -- The biology of war -- Realists and pacifists -- From Hitler to Unesco -- The bomb and Vietnam -- Darwinian theory comes of age -- Rival paradigms -- Moving forward.
Abstract "Darwinism and war: science or religion? argues that the different perspectives of Christians and Darwinians on the nature and causes of warfare reveal them to be playing the same game, offering not so much scientific or empirical explanations but rival value-laden analyses, suggesting we have less a science-religion conflict and more one between two rival religious visions - Christianity and a form of secular Darwinian humanism"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2018012153
ISBN9780190867577 hardcover
ISBN0190867574 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HM631 .R87 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold