다윈주의 이론의 역사연구 적용에 대한 시론: 그레고리 클라크와 프랭크 설로웨이의 연구를 중심으로

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Research with an application of evolutionary theory is under active progress these days in various disciplines of humanities and social sciences. However, in the circle of historical studies, combination with the Darwinism is still at a fledgling stage. For the study of history to effectively make use of the Darwinism and evolutionary theory, it is necessary to remove risk factors that can get in the way of research in advance by reviewing the existing studies and research approaches. For this purpose, this paper examined studies by economic historian Gregory Clark and science historian Frank J. Sulloway. Clark and Sulloway proposed new approaches to contemplate on the history through natural selection, a conventional principle of evolutionary theory, and modern evolutionary biology theory named birth order theory, respectively. At the same time, their studies exposed a number of potential problems that can occur when combining the Darwinism and historical studies. The flaws found out in their studies provide guideline for applying the Darwinian Theory in future historical studies.

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