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Nazi Racism: Historian Richard Weikart Answers Questions

Richard Weikart
February 3, 2022
What is the historical connection between Nazi racism and Darwinian evolution? Historian Richard Weikart explores the ideological origins of Nazi racism and its links to social Darwinism as he answers questions submitted from viewers around the world about his new book Darwinian Racism: How … » Go
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Darwinian Racism

Richard Weikart
February 1, 2022
To hear some tell it, Adolf Hitler was a Christian creationist who rejected Darwinian evolution. Award-winning historian Richard Weikart shows otherwise. According to Weikart, Darwinian evolution crucially influenced Hitler and the Nazis, and the Nazis zealously propagated evolutionary theory … » Go
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Darwin, Hitler, and the Modern Evaluation of Human Life

Richard Weikart
June 27, 2019
Since the Enlightenment many secular ideologies have contributed to the devaluing of human life by arguing that human life is the product of chance processes. This has led to the erosion of the Judeo-Christian sanctity-of-life ethic, spawning the present “culture of death,” where many … » Go
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Richard Weikart on Hitler's Religion

Richard Weikart and Michael Medved
September 13, 2018
Adolf Hitler is long dead. Nevertheless, his name is still invoked every day as a rhetorical smear. By drawing usually dubious connections to Hitler and the Holocaust, partisans charge their opponents with guilt by association. This unfortunate cultural twitch has even been canonized as … » Go
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The Death of Humanity and The Case for Life

Richard Weikart
April 10, 2017
Is human life valuable, or are we just a cosmic accident? Does human life have any overarching purpose or meaning, or are we a meaningless blob of chemicals? Drawing on extensive historical and contemporary sources, CSC Senior Fellow Dr. Richard Weikart argues that, since the Enlightenment in the … » Go
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Hitler's Religion

Richard Weikart
November 21, 2016
For a man whom history can never forget, Adolf Hitler remains a persistent mystery on one front — his religious faith. Atheists tend to insist Hitler was a devout Christian. Christians counter that he was an atheist. And still others suggest that he was a practicing member of the occult. … » Go
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2016 National Conference on Christian Apologetics

Richard Weikart
October 13, 2016
Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Richard Weikart is a featured speaker at this year’s National Conference on Christian Apologetics, hosted in Charlotte, NC, on October 13-15. Come hear Dr. Weikart cover topics addressed in his new book, The Death of Humanity: Are Humans Intrinsically Valuable … » Go
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The Biology of the Second Reich

Richard Weikart
August 13, 2014
This award-winning 14-minute documentary tells the little-known story of the influence of Social Darwinism on German militarism leading up to World War 1, including an exploration of the German military’s genocidal policies in Southwest Africa (modern Namibia). The video features the work of … » Go
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Biology of the Second Reich Trailer

Editor and Richard Weikart
July 14, 2014
Trailer for the upcoming documentary The Biology of the Second Reich featuring historian Richard Weikart. Learn more at … » Go
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Whether Hitler was a Darwinian

Richard Weikart
January 8, 2014
In his fifty-page essay, “Was Hitler a Darwinian?” published by the University of Chicago Press, aims primarily at refuting my works. He also snipes at David Berlinski, Stephen Jay Gould, Larry Arnhart, even Peter Bowler, along with unspecified “members of the Intelligent Design … » Go
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Linking Darwin Skepticism with Anti-Communism, Historian Offers a Misguided Attack

Richard Weikart
June 3, 2022
Weinberg’s evidence that Discovery Institute uses intelligent design to bash communism is completely … » Go
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Do Darwin Critics Reject Evolution Because They’re Anti-Communists? Carl Weinberg Says Yes

Richard Weikart
June 2, 2022
In a couple of cases, Weinberg goes beyond the pale, making accusations that are bizarre and even … » Go
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Rejecting Evolution Because of Anti-Communism? Charge by Cornell U Press Book Fails to Detonate

Richard Weikart
June 1, 2022
Weinberg takes a historically accurate claim — that many creationists over the years blamed communism on evolution — and then blows it way out of … » Go
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Anti-Racists Often Ignore This Non-Religious Source of Racism

Richard Weikart
May 10, 2022
Many white nationalists claim that Darwinism directly supports their ideology, because they think that races have evolved to different … » Go
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Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?

Richard Weikart
April 15, 2022
This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards. … » Go
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Darwinian Influences on the Alt-Right

Richard Weikart
March 1, 2022
The overlapping categories of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and alt-right proponents regularly invoke … » Go
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Darwinism in Nazi Propaganda

Richard Weikart
February 23, 2022
The authors considered human evolution especially important, because they believed it supported their vision of racial … » Go
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Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

Richard Weikart
February 15, 2022
Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his … » Go
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The Racism of Darwin and Darwinism

Richard Weikart
February 9, 2022
Not only racism, but racial extermination was an integral feature of Darwin’s theory from the … » Go
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Let's Learn from Whoopi Goldberg's Misunderstanding about the History of Racism

Richard Weikart
February 7, 2022
Leading scientists were complicit in helping formulate and justify Hitler’s … » Go
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