Cambridge UP Book Airbrushes Darwin’s Contribution to Scientific Racism

Episode 1715 February 24, 2023 00:17:03
Cambridge UP Book Airbrushes Darwin’s Contribution to Scientific Racism
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Cambridge UP Book Airbrushes Darwin’s Contribution to Scientific Racism

Feb 24 2023 | 00:17:03

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Show Notes

On today’s ID the Future historian Richard Weikart (Cal State Stanislaus) dissects a recent Cambridge University Press book on social Darwinism by Jeffrey O’Connell and Michael Ruse. Weikart, author of Hitler’s Ethic, From Darwin to Hitler, Hitler’s Religion, and The Death of Humanity, says a major shortcoming of the Cambridge UP book is the authors’ attempt to put as much distance as possible between Darwin and eugenics thinking, and between Darwin and Hitler. The new book paints Darwin follower Herbert Spencer as the eugenics-championing bad guy and contends that Darwin and Darwinism had little or no influence on Hitler’s warped master-race ethic. Weikart patiently highlights some key evidence to the contrary, including statements front and center in Hitler’s writing. Did Darwin cause Hitler? No. Would Darwin have approved Read More ›

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