Tag: Charles Kingsley
How the Christian Civil Rights Movement Defeated Social Darwinism and Eugenics
American apostles of Darwinism had begun the 20th century weaponizing common racist attitudes to popularize Darwin’s theory
Darwin and the Ghost of Lamarck
The lure of Lamarck was exemplified most strikingly in the case of Viennese biologist Paul Kammerer and the unhappy affair of the “midwife toad.”
The Rise of Theistic Darwinism
This form of objection left the door ajar to the kind of “hybrid” interpretation favored by some in both Britain and America in the later Victorian period.
Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand
“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.”
Why Darwin Exaggerated His Health Problems
All the evidence points to Darwin as a generally healthy man with a strong, active libido, normal sexual function, and prodigious fertility.