# Marx's and Darwin's accomplishments: Finding the mechanism of evolution and social change?

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The post considers a cautious analogy between Darwin's mechanism of natural selection and Marx's account of historical development.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 22 November 2005

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 22 November 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: karl-marx, charles-darwin, social-change, metaphor.

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