Thierry Hoquet is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, France.

• Introduction. The meanings of "Darwinism"Part I. Darwin-the-Selectionist and beyondChapter 1. A labyrinthine OriginChapter 2. Diffracting Darwin’s title— The prism of translationsChapter 3. "One long argument"? Darwin-the-SelectionistPart II. Darwin-the-VariationistChapter 4. Darwin-the-Epicurean. Chance and laws of variation. Chapter 5. Darwin-the-Teleologist. Are all variations useful? Chapter 6. Darwin-the-Lamarckian and the Other "Means of Modification"Part III. Radical origins: Darwin-the-CosmologistChapter 7. "Mystery of mysteries": the temptation of originChapter 8. "Originally Breathed": or, on the Origin of LifeChapter 9. "Light will be thrown": or, on the Origin of MankindChapter 10. Darwin-the-Darwinist, Or the Quest for Systematic CoherencyConclusion. Darwinisms, or Darwin Diffracted

"Like many other classics, The Origin of Species is widely known and referenced, yet rarely actually read. Revisiting the Origin of Species asks us what we should make of this celebrated work in view of the ways it was initially read. This book should encourage uninitiated students and scholars alike to do as its title suggests, functioning as both exhortation and guide The focus of this volume is on Darwin-the-text rather than Darwin-the-man, with sparing use of the industrial-scale scholarship that sprang up in his name. The historicism has a narrow and highly disciplined remit; it is a snapshot in the history of ideas. Hoquet’s examination is almost entirely confined to the debates occurring in the period spanning the Origin’s first appearance in 1859 through to the sixth and last edition of 1872, and its early translations. The aim is to de-synthesize understandings of Darwin’s text, to resist the way twentieth-century developments have reinterpreted it according to what Darwin really meant or should have meant. Hoquet wants to recapture the contention the Origin first provoked."Roderick David Buchanan, 2019

Thierry Hoquet is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, France.

• Introduction. The meanings of "Darwinism"Part I. Darwin-the-Selectionist and beyondChapter 1. A labyrinthine OriginChapter 2. Diffracting Darwin’s title— The prism of translationsChapter 3. "One long argument"? Darwin-the-SelectionistPart II. Darwin-the-VariationistChapter 4. Darwin-the-Epicurean. Chance and laws of variation. Chapter 5. Darwin-the-Teleologist. Are all variations useful? Chapter 6. Darwin-the-Lamarckian and the Other "Means of Modification"Part III. Radical origins: Darwin-the-CosmologistChapter 7. "Mystery of mysteries": the temptation of originChapter 8. "Originally Breathed": or, on the Origin of LifeChapter 9. "Light will be thrown": or, on the Origin of MankindChapter 10. Darwin-the-Darwinist, Or the Quest for Systematic CoherencyConclusion. Darwinisms, or Darwin Diffracted

"Like many other classics, The Origin of Species is widely known and referenced, yet rarely actually read. Revisiting the Origin of Species asks us what we should make of this celebrated work in view of the ways it was initially read. This book should encourage uninitiated students and scholars alike to do as its title suggests, functioning as both exhortation and guide The focus of this volume is on Darwin-the-text rather than Darwin-the-man, with sparing use of the industrial-scale scholarship that sprang up in his name. The historicism has a narrow and highly disciplined remit; it is a snapshot in the history of ideas. Hoquet’s examination is almost entirely confined to the debates occurring in the period spanning the Origin’s first appearance in 1859 through to the sixth and last edition of 1872, and its early translations. The aim is to de-synthesize understandings of Darwin’s text, to resist the way twentieth-century developments have reinterpreted it according to what Darwin really meant or should have meant. Hoquet wants to recapture the contention the Origin first provoked."Roderick David Buchanan, 2019

Thierry Hoquet is Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy at Paris Nanterre University, France.

• Introduction. The meanings of "Darwinism"Part I. Darwin-the-Selectionist and beyondChapter 1. A labyrinthine OriginChapter 2. Diffracting Darwin’s title— The prism of translationsChapter 3. "One long argument"? Darwin-the-SelectionistPart II. Darwin-the-VariationistChapter 4. Darwin-the-Epicurean. Chance and laws of variation. Chapter 5. Darwin-the-Teleologist. Are all variations useful? Chapter 6. Darwin-the-Lamarckian and the Other "Means of Modification"Part III. Radical origins: Darwin-the-CosmologistChapter 7. "Mystery of mysteries": the temptation of originChapter 8. "Originally Breathed": or, on the Origin of LifeChapter 9. "Light will be thrown": or, on the Origin of MankindChapter 10. Darwin-the-Darwinist, Or the Quest for Systematic CoherencyConclusion. Darwinisms, or Darwin Diffracted

"Like many other classics, The Origin of Species is widely known and referenced, yet rarely actually read. Revisiting the Origin of Species asks us what we should make of this celebrated work in view of the ways it was initially read. This book should encourage uninitiated students and scholars alike to do as its title suggests, functioning as both exhortation and guide The focus of this volume is on Darwin-the-text rather than Darwin-the-man, with sparing use of the industrial-scale scholarship that sprang up in his name. The historicism has a narrow and highly disciplined remit; it is a snapshot in the history of ideas. Hoquet’s examination is almost entirely confined to the debates occurring in the period spanning the Origin’s first appearance in 1859 through to the sixth and last edition of 1872, and its early translations. The aim is to de-synthesize understandings of Darwin’s text, to resist the way twentieth-century developments have reinterpreted it according to what Darwin really meant or should have meant. Hoquet wants to recapture the contention the Origin first provoked."Roderick David Buchanan, 2019