Was Hitler a Darwinian? : disputed questions in the history of evolutionary theory / Robert J. Richards.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

269 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Darwin's theory of natural selection and its moral purpose -- Appendix 1: the logic of Darwin's long argument -- Appendix 2: the historical ontology and location of scientific theories -- Darwin's principle of divergence: why Fodor was almost right -- Darwin's romantic quest: mind, morals, and emotions -- Appendix: assessment of Darwin's moral theory -- The relation of Spencer's evolutionary theory to Darwin's -- Ernst Haeckel's scientific and artistic struggles -- Haeckel's embryos: fraud not proven -- The linguistic creation of man: August Schleicher and the missing link in Darwinian theory -- Was Hitler a Darwinian?

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index.