Mimicry and Related Phenomena: History of the Study and Interpretation of External Appearance of Living Organism
2016
Abstract
This book discusses the history of study of adaptive colouration and mimetic phenomena in nature and their interpretation in the context of prevailing biological paradigm of the time. The author follows in detail the genesis of new approaches which appeared during the era of classical Darwinism in connection with the works of Charles Darwin, Alfrred Wallace, and Henry W.
Bates. He also traces the connection between biological explanations of the world and the functioning of contemporary society.
In this context, author focuses on sociomorphic modelling, which tends to project the basic principles of the functioning of society onto nature.