Darwin day in America : how our politics and culture have been dehumanized in the name of science / John G. West.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2007.Description: xvii, 495 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781933859323
  • 1933859326
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q 175.52 .U6 W47 2007
Contents:
Nothing buttery from atomism to the Enlightenment -- Darwin's revolution -- Criminal science -- Crime as mental illness -- Turning punishment into treatment -- Law of the jungle -- Breeding our way out of poverty -- The science of business -- Building the world of tomorrow -- Darwin day in America -- Banned in Burlington -- Junk science in the bedroom -- Sex miseducation -- Redefining life -- Redefining death.
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  • This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive
Review: "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 politics and culture have 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 plea for the restoration of democratic accountability in an age of experts."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nothing buttery from atomism to the Enlightenment -- Darwin's revolution -- Criminal science -- Crime as mental illness -- Turning punishment into treatment -- Law of the jungle -- Breeding our way out of poverty -- The science of business -- Building the world of tomorrow -- Darwin day in America -- Banned in Burlington -- Junk science in the bedroom -- Sex miseducation -- Redefining life -- Redefining death.

"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 politics and culture have 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 plea for the restoration of democratic accountability in an age of experts."--Jacket.

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