Tag: Richard Weikart
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.
Eric Metaxas and Richard Weikart Spotlight Darwinian Racism
The outlook of Hitler, the Nazis, and contemporary white nationalists have been significantly shaped by Darwinism.
Ties that Bind: The Alt-Right’s Connections to Social Darwinist Madison Grant and Eugenics
It’s important to understand what the Alt-Right believes. They are not just an extreme offshoot of either the Right or the Left.
Evolution Is Not Like Physics
A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.”
Listen: Q&A with Weikart on Darwinian Racism
What about the objection that Darwinism, properly understood, doesn’t support scientific racism (much less Nazi racism)?