Tag: Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin: Racist Spokesman for Anglo-Male Superiority?
The University of Sheffield’s teaching and research handbook has declared Charles Darwin a “racist.”
On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth
Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.”
When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete
The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting.
Social Darwinism: The Wallace Factor
Ideas do indeed have consequences, but not all ideas play out the same way or weave their way in the history of ideas toward the same destination.
Some Additional Comments on Social Darwinism
O’Connell and Ruse’s failure to engage deeply and fully with the historiography of this question makes it hard to take their effort seriously.