Author: Richard Weikart
Reflecting on Social Darwinism at the Hundredth Anniversary of World War I
Before and after the war, some American and British intellectuals expressed concern that Darwinism was a key motivation behind German militarism.
Is Robert Richards Right to Deny that Hitler Was a Darwinian?
Richards claims that I played a "sly trick" by translating "Entwicklung" as "evolution" in some passages in Mein Kampf.
Ignoring Evidence, Caricaturing Critics: Robert J. Richards’s Was Hitler a Darwinian?
Now let’s examine the second major problem with Richards’s analysis.
"Was Hitler a Darwinian?" Reviewing Robert Richards
A scholar disputes the Hitler-Darwin connection and snipes at “the Intelligent Design crowd.”
Rescuing Darwin: Another Major Problem with Peter Bowler’s Counterfactual History
We should not deny the obvious historical connections between Darwinism and other historical events, no matter how unsavory they may be.