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Beyond anthropocentrism
Author(s) -
Campbell Elisa K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(198301)19:1<54::aid-jhbs2300190107>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - anthropocentrism , epistemology , sociology , politics , darwin (adl) , social theory , social evolution , environmental ethics , social science , philosophy , political science , anthropology , law , computer science , software engineering
Darwin's theory of evolution encompasses both nonanthropocentric and biocentric elements. T. H. Huxley, Peter Kropotkin, and Patrick Geddes accepted the general theory and attempted to make use of it in writing about social and political questions. Huxley and Kropotkin failed to incorporate the biocentric aspects of the theory of evolution into their understanding of evolution or their thinking about society; Geddes successfully integrated biocentrism and social theory. Their failures and successes provide important lessons for contemporary social theorists.