Darwin day in America : how our politics and culture have been dehumanized in the name of science / John G. West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, John G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.

Darwin, Charles.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Social Darwinism.

Science--Social aspects--United States.

Science.

Science--Social aspects.

United States.

Religion and politics--United States.

Religion and politics.

Social values--United States.

Social values.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvii, 495 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2007.

Summary:

Based on extensive research, Wests book tells the story of how American public policy has been corrupted by scientific ideology. He explores the far-reaching consequences for society when scientists and politicians deny the essential differences between humans and the rest of nature.

Contents:

Origins of Scientific Materialism

1 Nothing Buttery from Atomism to the Enlightenment 3

2 Darwin's Revolution 23

Crime and Punishment

3 Criminal Science 45

4 Crime as Mental Illness 61

5 Turning Punishment into Treatment 79

Wealth and Poverty

6 Law of the Jungle 105

7 Breeding Our Way out of Poverty 123

8 The Science of Business 163

9 Building the World of Tomorrow 187

Schools and Scholars

10 Darwin Day in America 209

11 Banned in Burlington 231

12 Junk Science in the Bedroom 269

13 Sex Miseducation 291

Life and Death

14 Redefining Life 325

15 Redefining Death 343

Conclusion: The Abolition of Man 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1933859326

9781933859323

OCLC:

171113222