Hitler's Ethic: The Nazi Pursuit of Evolutionary Progress

In this book, Weikart helps unlock the mystery of Hitler's evil by vividly demonstrating the surprising conclusion that Hitler's immorality flowed from a coherent ethic. Hitler was inspired by evolutionary ethics to pursue the utopian project of biologically improving the human race.

Author: R. Weikart
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/13/2009
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230618077

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 11/06/2009 pg. 21

About the Author
RICHARD WEIKART Professor of Modern European History at California State University, Stanislaus, USA. He has published three previous books, including From Darwin to Hitler and his prize-winning dissertation, Socialist Darwinism. He has also published numerous essays on social Darwinism in anthologies and leading journals, such as German Studies Review, Journal of the History of Ideas, and Isis.

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