[Vision2020] Book Recomendations: Huskey vs. Courtney

[lfalen]

This book and others on Intelligent Design and Evolution that are touted by the Conservative Book Culb are nonsense. I say this as a member of CBC. There was a strong Eugenics movement in the United States at the turn of the 20th Century. It was advocated by most of the leading Intellectuals of the day. I do not believe this had anything to do with the Holocaust or Darwin.
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From: DonaldH675 at aol.com
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:48:25 -0800
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Book Recomendations: Huskey vs. Courtney

> Visionaries:
>  
> Because I have a serious academic interest in Holocaust studies I noted  with 
> concern a book recommendation on Dale's blog _http://right-mind.us/_ 
> (http://right-mind.us/)  , "From Darwin to  Hitler - Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and 
> Racism in Germany."  The  author, Dr. Richard Wikart,  in addition to being a 
> faculty member at  California State University, is a "Fellow" at the 
> Discovery Institute's Center  for Science and Culture, an organization that promotes 
> Intelligent Design rather  than evolutionary theory.  The book is blurbed by 
> the Conservative Bookclub  with the lead " How Darwinism led to the Holocaust 
> And how it is destroying  respect for human life today". 
> _http://www.conservativebookclub.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6573_ 
> (http://www.conservativebookclub.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6573) #
>  
> The arguments made by Dr. Wikart in  his attempt to merge these very distinct 
> entities are logically addressed  (and demolished) at:
> _http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/Hitler_based_his_views_on_Darwinism_ 
> (http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/Hitler_based_his_views_on_Darwinism) 
>  
> If Dale had attended New St. Andrews his confusion over these issues would  
> be understandable - but alas, I guess we can only blame the intellectual 
> company  he keeps.  For those interested in well documented historical accounts of  
> the origins of national socialism in Germany and the Holocaust I suggest the  
> following books:
>  _The War Against the Jews : 1933-1945_ 
> (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/055334532X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance
> )  by _LUCY S. DAWIDOWICZ_ 
> (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books
> &field-author=LUCY%20S.%20DAWIDOWICZ)   _Holocaust: Problems & Perspective of 
> Interpretation (Problems  in European Civilization.)_ 
> (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618214623/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding
> =UTF8&v=glance)  by _Donald L. Niewyk_ 
> (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-7206551-0883332?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss
> &index=books&field-author=Donald%20L.%20Niewyk)   The Nightmare Years, 1930 - 
> 1940 by William Shirer
>  
> Rose Huskey
>  
>