Public spectacle and scientific theory: William Robertson Smith and the reading of evolution in Victorian Scotland

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-29

  Livingstone, David N ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropological theory; Biblical criticism; Evolution; Primitive sacrifice; Scottish Presbyterianism; Semitic ritual; William Robertson Smith

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542364453     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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