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by: John G. West
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.483073
EAN: 9781933859323
ISBN: 1933859326
Label: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Manufacturer: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 450
Publication Date: November 06, 2007
Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Sales Rank: 376937
Studio: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
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At the dawn of the last century, leading scientists and politicians giddily predicted that science—especially Darwinian biology—would supply solutions to all the intractable problems of American society, from crime to poverty to sexual maladjustment. Instead, politics and culture were dehumanized as scientific experts began treating human beings as little more than animals or machines. In criminal justice, these experts denied the existence of free will and proposed replacing punishment with invasive “cures” such as the lobotomy. In welfare, they proposed eliminating the poor by sterilizing those deemed biologically unfit. In business, they urged the selection of workers based on racist theories of human evolution and the development of advertising methods to more effectively manipulate consumer behavior. In sex education, they advocated creating a new sexual morality based on “normal mammalian behavior” without regard to longstanding ethical and religious imperatives. Based on extensive research with primary sources and archival materials, John G. West’s captivating Darwin Day in America tells the story of how American public policy has been corrupted by scientistic ideology. Marshaling fascinating anecdotes and damning quotations, West’s narrative explores the far-reaching consequences for society when scientists and politicians deny the essential differences between human beings and the rest of nature. It also exposes the disastrous results that ensue when experts claiming to speak for science turn out to be wrong. West concludes with a powerful plea for the restoration of democratic accountability in an age of experts.
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Rating:  - A Rand from a Nut
Mr. West postulates that the popular belief in Darwin's theory of evolution is to blame for everything that's wrong in the world.
Rating: - Nothing new
The author has two objectives. In the first place he gives us a history of evolution thought, starting with Darwin and ending with current sex education. Emphasis is exclusively on all the bad, evil things that derived from such thinking: eugenics, racism, crime as mental illness, and most of all scientific materialism which denies god a role in nature. It is a thorough and, as far as my limited knowledge goes, an accurate history. Evolution surely has a lot to account for, but so would a history ... Read More
Rating:  - A very important work
`Social Darwinism' is a term which refers to the social and political ramifications of biological Darwinism and the materialism which it is imbedded in. Darwin regarded humans as basically higher animals, and as the social sciences became more and more tinged by the Darwinian outlook, humans increasingly began to be treated as mere animals, or machines.
This volume looks at how the materialistic worldview of Darwinism has impacted on a wide range of fields. As academics, scientists and ... Read More
Rating:  - Highly Researched with Vital Conclusions
To start with, I found this book to be highly researched with almost one hundred pages of footnotes. This, in and of itself, was an encouraging sign, although not a definitive assurance of quality. However, as I read through the book, its quality, interest and readability was clearly demonstrated and Mr. West should be proud of his accomplishment. Before continuing any further, it should be noted that I approached this book (and the many other books on similar subjects) as a lay person with a Masters ... Read More
Rating: - Essential Study of the Impact of Materialist Ideology on Amercian Society
In Darwin Day in America, Dr. John West brings into sharp focus the manipulation of our political and cultural institutions by metaphysical materialist ideology. A superb work of scholarship, Darwin Day in America chronicles how some of the top scientific, medical and elite thinkers of the 20th and 21st Centuries pushed an ardent materialist agenda into our hospitals, courtrooms, schools, and bedrooms. Ideas really do have consequences, and the consequences of materialism's junk science culture have ... Read More
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