Comentamos el personaje del Hombre de Negro que aparece en las 'Cartas Chinas' de Oliver Goldsmith, atendiendo a la dialéctica entre egoísmo y altruismo que se da en estos relatos y de modo similar en otros personajes y obras de Goldsmith. Ponemos todo ello en contexto con las ideas económicas y morales de la época, en particular las de Adam Smith, atendiendo también a la relación que puede establecerse entre estas ideas sobre las actitudes y la naturaleza humana, y la comprensión de las motivaciones del comportamiento y de la sociabilidad humana que nos han dado el evolucionismo y la sociobiología.

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Sociobiología del Hombre de Negro 

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4315866

10 Pages Posted: 5 Jan 2023

José Angel García Landa

Universidad de Zaragoza

Date Written: December 13, 2022

English abstract: 

Sociobiology of the Man in Black

This paper examines the character of the Man in Black in Oliver Goldsmith's 'Chinese Letters', focusing on the dialectics between selfishness and altruistic behavior shown in these stories and likewise in other characters and stories by Goldsmith. This is set in the context of contemporary economic and moral ideas, particularly those of Adam Smith. These ideas on human nature and attitudes are also related to our current understanding of human sociability and behaviour as explained by evolutionary theory and sociobiology.

 

 

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Keywords: English literature, Oliver Goldsmith, Motivations, Selfishness, Altruism, Sociobiology, Sociability, Economic behavior

Suggested Citation:

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, Sociobiología del Hombre de Negro (Sociobiology of the Man in Black) (December 13, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4315866 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4315866

 

 

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