Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
From Darwin to Death Camps?: Evolution, Eugenics and the Holocaust

From Darwin to Death Camps?: Evolution, Eugenics and the Holocaust

Stack, David

Hardcover

Sports GeneralGeneral European HistoryHolocaust

PREORDER - Expected ship date May 13, 2027

ISBN10: 1350302481
ISBN13: 9781350302488
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: May 13 2027
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

How do we explain the Holocaust? Here, David Stack untangles this important yet knotty question by shining fresh light on ideas of evolution, eugenics and genocide. In so doing Stack guides readers through the tumultuous relationship between science and society from the 19th century onwards and offers a critical reappraisal of the assumed link between Darwin, Hitler and the Holocaust.

Rooted in transnational and intellectual history, this book begins with an exploration of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, then traces its connections to modern eugenic ideas and culminates in a consideration of the contemporary impact of framing the Holocaust in such a way. In the process, Stack provides a sophisticated reassessment of key individuals such as Charles Darwin and Francis Galton, and key concepts like 'social Darwinism' and 'modern synthesis'. Throughout Stack evaluates the popular historical narrative which seeks to blame Darwin for the Holocaust: and ultimately, Stack reasons, this approach proves both factually flawed and methodologically mistaken.

Innovative in its approach and nuanced in its argument, From Darwin to Death Camps? will be an invaluable resource for scholars of both the Holocaust and the history of science.

Also from

Stack, David

View All

Also in

General European History

View All