Tag: James Moore
Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man
On the book’s 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics.
Charles Darwin: Racist Spokesman for Anglo-Male Superiority?
The University of Sheffield’s teaching and research handbook has declared Charles Darwin a “racist.”
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.
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.”
Himmelfarb and Her Haters
What can be said of Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution in the dusk of 2009, fifty year after its original publication? Is it a terrible book?