Tag: master race
Cambridge UP Book Airbrushes Darwin’s Contribution to Scientific Racism
Darwin’s racist and pro-eugenics thinking, combined with some implications of his theory that he expressed, laid the groundwork for Hitler’s diabolical outlook.
Listen: Richard Weikart Reviews a New Book on Social Darwinism
The book paints Herbert Spencer as the eugenics-championing bad guy and posits that Darwin and Darwinism had little influence on Hitler’s master race ethic.
Nightmare at the Museum
This week we’ve been taking a look behind the scenes at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
When the American Museum of Natural History Promoted Eugenics
Hear about a time when a cherished American institution warmly endorsed Darwinian-inspired efforts to breed a master race.