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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I. The biological revolution -- 1859: The Origin of Species -- The evolution of evolution -- Darwin answers the Sphinx -- The Newton of biology -- The uses of Darwinism -- Voices of dissent -- After Darwin: what is science -- II. The social revolution -- 1859: The Critique of political economy -- The so called Utopians -- How the system works -- The sage of Soho -- The people's Marx -- His Majesty's opposition -- After Marx: what is social science -- III. The artistic revolution -- 1859: Tristan and Isolde -- The School of Romanticism -- The 'Ring' and the book -- The master thinker of Bayreuth -- Perfect Wagnerites -- Nietzsche contra Wagner -- After Wagner: what is art -- IV. The triumph of the absolute -- The generous imposture ; Revolutions come before their time ; The method of Zadig -- V. The reign of relativity -- Consciousness regained ; The thought of the Twentieth century ; Of human freedom.
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