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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Richards, Robert J. (Robert John), 1942- Was Hitler a Darwinian? (DLC) 2013007451 (OCoLC)829239765 |
Named Person: | Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert J Richards |
ISBN: | 9780226059099 022605909X 1299976131 9781299976139 |
OCLC Number: | 859536721 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Darwin's theory of natural selection and its moral purpose -- Appendix 1: the logic of Darwin's long argument -- Appendix 2: the historical ontology and location of scientific theories -- Darwin's principle of divergence: why Fodor was almost right -- Darwin's romantic quest: mind, morals, and emotions -- Appendix: assessment of Darwin's moral theory -- The relation of Spencer's evolutionary theory to Darwin's -- Ernst Haeckel's scientific and artistic struggles -- Haeckel's embryos: fraud not proven -- The linguistic creation of man: August Schleicher and the missing link in Darwinian theory -- Was Hitler a Darwinian? |
Responsibility: | Robert J. Richards. |
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Abstract:
According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master's German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities. The author argues that this orthodox view is wrongheaded.
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"These essays display the impressive range of Robert J. Richards's abilities as an intellectual historian and historian of science, as they explore the disparate sources of Darwinian thought in romanticism, theology, ethics, aesthetics, and linguistics." (Sander Gliboff, Indiana University)" Read more...
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