Tag: Darwin Day in America
Darwinian Racism, Past and Present
John West discusses his experience visiting the Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy, and Cesare Lombroso’s racist ideas about evolution.
John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea
Darwin’s materialistic theory of evolution drained meaning from nature, undercut the idea of inherent human dignity, and fueled the rise of scientific racism.
In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso
Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked.
Before the Third Reich: America’s Darwinist Eugenics Crusade
One of the most famous instances was Carrie Buck, sterilized as “feeble minded” despite going on to live a normal productive life.
Darwinism and Scientific Totalitarianism: John West’s Darwin Day in America
The afterword, on “Totalitarian Science,” published in 2015, shows John West as a prophet of things to come.