There is a mystery surrounding Darwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of his parish, come to embrace one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? Darwin risked a great deal in publishing his theory of evolution, so something very powerful--a moral fire--must ha...

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Hauptverfasser:	Desmond, Adrian J. 1947- (VerfasserIn), Moore, James R. 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Chicago The University of Chicago Press 2011
Schlagworte:	Darwin, Charles / 1809-1882 Darwin, Charles <1809-1882> Darwin, Charles > 1809-1882 Evolution (Biology) Natural selection Antislavery movements Monogenism and polygenism Evolutionstheorie Abolitionismus
Zusammenfassung:	There is a mystery surrounding Darwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of his parish, come to embrace one of the most radical ideas in the history of human thought? Darwin risked a great deal in publishing his theory of evolution, so something very powerful--a moral fire--must have propelled him. That moral fire, argue authors Desmond and Moore, was a passionate hatred of slavery. They draw on a wealth of fresh manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and even ships' logs to show how Darwin's abolitionism had deep roots in his mother's family and was reinforced by his voyage on the Beagle as well as by events in America. Leading apologists for slavery in Darwin's time argued that blacks and whites were separate species, with whites created superior. Darwin believed that the races belonged to the same human family, and slavery was therefore a sin.--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:	xxi, 485 Seiten, ungezählte Folge Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:	9780226144511 0226144518