Four decades of historiography on evolutionism in Spain

Abstract

Historiographical production on evolutionism in Spain has given rise to a set of very appreciable original works both in number and quality. Indeed, the diffusion of evolutionist theories offers very attractive materials of study, as much from the point of view of the history of the ideas and the scientific theories, as from the approach around the studies of the broad social interaction that science establishes with its environment. The deep ideological and religious implications that the evolutionist question involves find in the Spanish case an especially interesting example. This paper tries to offer an overview about some proposals presented in the last forty years, so that it can give a cause for reflection for new research lines in the future.