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Darwin's racism, sexism, and idolization : their tragic societal and scientific repercussions / Rui Diogo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diogo, Rui, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Influence.
- Darwin, Charles.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Political and social views.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 425 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, 2024.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Boxes
- Chapter 1: Science, Society, and Darwin's Idealization
- Idolization as a Tool of Systemic Racism and Sexism
- Early Life and Societal Contingencies, Bubbles, and Biases
- Cambridge, Purpose, and Design
- The Beagle, Slavery, Progress, and Racism
- The Origin, Scientific Egos, Rivalries, Networks, and Immortality
- The Descent, Sexual Selection, and Human "Races"
- The Descent and the Malthusian "War-Like" Struggle-for-Existence
- The Expression, Altruism, Morals, Inequities, and Indoctrination
- Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Immortality, and the Newton of Biology
- Chapter 2: Darwin's Society and Science
- A State Funeral, the Power of Place, and "Racial Capitalism"
- The Other "War": Self-Preservation of the Cream of Victorian Society
- Darwin, Wallace, Haeckel, Malthus, Capitalism, and Ethnocentrism
- Newton's Mechanicism, Externalism, Adaptationism, and Social Legitimization
- Darwinian Fundamentalism, Capitalism, Individualism, and Social Darwinism
- Just So Stories for Little Children, Evolutionary Psychology, and Evolutionary Medicine
- Social Darwinism, Selfishness, and Today's Popular Culture
- Chapter 3: Racism and Its Societal Repercussions
- Putting Things in Context: Scientific Biases and Racism Before Darwin
- Darwin, Indoctrination, and the Repercussions of Scientific Evolutionary Racism
- Darwin's Encounters with Non-Europeans, "Civilization," and Western Atrocities
- Not Everybody Was Necessarily "Like That" Back Then: Wallace
- Eugenics, Leonard Darwin, and Tragic Societal Legacies of Science
- Hitler's Struggle and the Arian Struggle for Existence
- "Was Hitler a Darwinian?": A Biased Question About Scientific Biases
- Medical Experimentation, Scientific Biases, and "Giants"
- What Do We Really Know About Human Evolution and "Races"?
- Chapter 4: Misogyny and Its Damaging Legacy
- Ancient Greece, Christianity, and Darwin's Misogyny
- Darwin and the Feminist and Anti-Vivisection Movements
- Inaccuracies of Darwin's Evolutionary "Facts" About Women
- Darwin and the Supposed Sexual Passivity of Women
- What Do We Know About Human Evolution and Gender Stereotypes?
- Chapter 5: Bringing Reality to Society and Science
- Figure Credits
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-409).
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Diogo, Rui. Darwin's racism, sexism, and idolization
- ISBN:
- 9783031490552
- 303149055X
- Publisher Number:
- 99996155440
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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