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According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master's German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities. The author argues that this orthodox view is wrongheaded.

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"These essays display the impressive range of Robert J. Richards's abilities as an intellectual historian and historian of science, as they explore the disparate sources of Darwinian thought in romanticism, theology, ethics, aesthetics, and linguistics." (Sander Gliboff, Indiana University)"

Was Hitler a Darwinian

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 6 November 2013
      ISBN-13 9780226058764
      978-0226058764
      ISBN-10 022605876X
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      History of science

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      Book Synopsis
      According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master's German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities. The author argues that this orthodox view is wrongheaded.

      Trade Review
      "These essays display the impressive range of Robert J. Richards's abilities as an intellectual historian and historian of science, as they explore the disparate sources of Darwinian thought in romanticism, theology, ethics, aesthetics, and linguistics." (Sander Gliboff, Indiana University)"

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