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Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking

_{Richard Weikart
February 2, 2022}

It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.”

Remembering E. O. Wilson and Sociobiology

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2022}

"Wilson is — if his worldview is correct — just as much living a lie as those religionists that he castigates."

Is “Denying Evolution” a Form of White Supremacy?

_{Richard Weikart
July 13, 2021}

What happens if we examine the real white supremacists today? Are they creationists?

New Book: Social Darwinism Among the Biologists

_{Richard Weikart
April 26, 2021}

The authors imply that social Darwinism was a position taken by non-scientists who just didn’t understand the science.

New Book: Social Darwinism and “The Hitler Problem”

_{Richard Weikart
April 23, 2021}

I have clearly argued in all my works that Hitler was an eclectic thinker who drew on many different intellectual influences — some of them contradictory.

Cambridge University Press’s New Book on Social Darwinism: Darwin and Herbert Spencer

_{Richard Weikart
April 22, 2021}

The authors admit that Darwin was a racist who promoted racial struggle. They are likely to infuriate quite a few people of varying persuasions.

“Morality Pills”: Ethicist Calls for Drugs to Solve COVID Non-Compliance

_{Richard Weikart
August 14, 2020}

Whatever one thinks about government mandates relating to the coronavirus, Parker Crutchfield’s “solution” is worse than the problem.

Darwinism, Jews, and White Nationalists

_{Richard Weikart
March 6, 2020}

A right-wing Polish member of parliament, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, recently made waves with an astonishing claim.

Weikart on Racism, Darwinism and Christianity

_{Richard Weikart
September 23, 2019}

On this episode of ID the Future, Cal State history professor Richard Weikart, author of The Death of Humanity and the Case for Life, talks racism past and present, in both Christian and “scientific” secular history.

Richard Weikart on Michael Ruse’s “Compromise” with Christianity

_{Richard Weikart
September 18, 2019}

On this episode of ID the Future, From Darwin to Hitler author and historian Richard Weikart returns to his conversation with Mike Keas about a recent book on Darwinism, Christianity, and war by Michael Ruse. Ruse aims at a surprising conclusion in this book.

Richard Weikart on Michael Ruse and the Darwinian Religion

_{Richard Weikart
September 16, 2019}

On this episode of ID the Future, From Darwin to Hitler author and historian Richard Weikart speaks with Mike Keas about a recent book on Darwinism, Christianity, and war by Michael Ruse. Weikart says that in the course of the book Ruse appears to shift from warning others about treating Darwinism as a secular religion to himself embracing it as such.

Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2019}

Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions.

Darwinian Theory and Evolutionary Psychology — A Troubling Legacy

_{Richard Weikart
July 12, 2018}

Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asserts that infanticide has biological roots. He claims that ancient humans were picky about which babies they would raise to maturity.

How Darwinian Evolution Informed Hitler’s Ethics

_{Richard Weikart
November 8, 2017}

On this episode of ID The Future, Tod Butterfield talks with historian Dr. Richard Weikart about his new book Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich. In this episode, Dr. Weikart explains how Darwinian evolution informed Hitler’s ethics.

Was Hitler a Creationist? Hitler Historian Says No.

_{Richard Weikart
November 6, 2017}

On this episode of ID The Future, Tod Butterfield talks with historian Dr. Richard Weikart about his new book Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich. Here Dr. Weikart explores the claim that Hitler was a creationist and shows why it misses the mark.

Richard Weikart on Hitler’s Religion: Complex and Contradictory

_{Richard Weikart
November 1, 2017}

On this episode of ID The Future, Tod Butterfield talks with CSC Senior Fellow Dr. Richard Weikart about his recently published book Hitler’s Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich. In particular, Weikart explores Hitler’s pantheism and his antipathy toward Christianity.

Richard Weikart: The Death of Humanity, pt. 3

_{Richard Weikart
April 13, 2016}

On this episode of ID the Future, hear part 3 of author and historian Dr. Richard Weikart’s discussion of his latest book, The Death of Humanity. Dr. Weikart examines the philosophical concept of NOMA (non-overlapping magisteria), and how morality fits into the Darwinian process.

Richard Weikart: The Death of Humanity, pt. 2

_{Richard Weikart
April 11, 2016}

On this episode of ID the Future, author and historian Dr. Richard Weikart continues to discusses his latest book, The Death of Humanity. Dr. Weikart gives more insight into the trends and tensions that have developed in Western thought out of the Darwinian view of life.

Richard Weikart: The Death of Humanity, pt. 1

_{Richard Weikart
April 4, 2016}

On this episode of ID the Future, hear from author and historian Dr. Richard Weikart as he discusses his latest book, The Death of Humanity: And the Case for Life. The Death of Humanity traces dangerous trends in Western thinking that reject the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable — reminding us that ideas have consequences.

Richard Weikart on Dr. Ben Carson and the Implications of Evolutionary Ethics

_{Richard Weikart
May 14, 2012}

On this episode of ID The Future, professor and Center for Science & Culture fellow Dr. Richard Weikart discusses a recent attack on esteemed neurobiologist Dr. Ben Carson for his doubts about Darwinian evolution. Carson is the speaker at Emory University’s 2012 Commencement. Last week, an open letter from a handful of Emory faculty members appeared in the school’s newspaper criticizing Carson’s lack of respect for evolution and accusing him of making inappropriate statements about ethics and morality. Weikart explores the implications of evolutionary ethics and sheds light on this current academic freedom issue.