Darwin's Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human OriginsPenguin UK, 29 jan 2009 - 528 pagina's In this remarkable book Adrian Desmond and James Moore, world authorities on Darwin, give a completely new explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced all life to an ancient common ancestor. Darwin was committed to the abolition of slavery, in part because of his family's deeply held beliefs. It was his 'Sacred Cause' and at its core lay a belief in human racial unity. Desmond and Moore show how he extended to all life the idea of human brotherhood held by those who fought to abolish slavery, so developing our modern view of evolution. |
Inhoudsopgave
Unshackling Creation | |
The Intimate Blackamoor | |
Racial NumbSkulls | |
All Nations of One Blood | |
Living in Slave Countries | |
From the Father of Man to the Father of All Mammals | |
Domestic Animals and Domestic Institutions | |
Oh for Shame Agassiz | |
The Contamination of Negro Blood | |
The Secret Science Drifts from Its Sacred Cause | |
Cannibals and the Confederacy in London | |
The Descent of the Races | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
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