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9/24 Darwin Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Travel narrative Imperialism (1263, 1264) o Create a favorable corner for England (1269) The Fuegian Savages and Jemmy (1262-69) o Bought as slave in order to “civilize” (1265) o The results (1268) Race – savages admire whitneness (1266) Suggests natural selection of humans (1267) Galapagos Archipelago (1839) (1269-72) Alien land (1269) Tortoise rides (1271) Origin of Species o Mystery of origins (1270) o Key observation of Galapagos (geology/meteorology) (1271-72) o Animals not afraid of humans (1272) Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) (1272-77) Speciation, struggle for life, natural vs. artificial selection (1273) Romanticism? Victorian vision of nature (1273) Population growth (Modernity) (1274) Racial component The Descent of Man (1871) Vs. Edenic origin narrative (1277-78) Man descended from monkeys (1278) Man is an animal, but with a difference (1278-79) Belief in God (1279-80) Sexual Selection vs. Natural Selection (1280) o Eugenics (1282) o Social Darwinism / Victorian Social Criticism – points in common with Arnold, Mayhew, Engels? (1282) Pride in descent from savages? (1283) Triumph of scientific method (1283) Ending of Autobiography (1887): Bible as unbelievable (1287-88) Hellenism (1288) Vs. Intelligent Design (1288) Universe in decay / Entropy (1289) Agnosticism (1289)