"An astonishing new portrait of a scientific icon"In this
remarkable book, Adrian Desmond and James Moore restore the missing
moral core of Darwin''s evolutionary universe, providing a
completely new account of how he came to his shattering theories
about human origins.There has always been 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? It''s difficult to overstate just what
Darwin was risking in publishing his theory of evolution. So it
must have been something very powerful--a moral fire, as Desmond
and Moore put it--that propelled him. And that moral fire, they
argue, was a passionate hatred of slavery.To make their case, they
draw on a wealth of fresh manuscripts, unpublished family
correspondence, notebooks, diaries, and even ships'' logs. They 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--from the rise of scientific racism at Harvard through
the dark days of the Civil War.Leading apologists for slavery in
Darwin''s time argued that blacks and whites had originated as
separate species, with whites created superior. Darwin abhorred
such "arrogance." He believed that, far from being separate
species, the races belonged to the same human family. Slavery was
therefore a "sin," and abolishing it became Darwin''s "sacred
cause." His theory of evolution gave "all" the races--blacks and
whites, animals and plants--an ancient common ancestor and freed
them from creationist shackles. Evolution meant emancipation.In
this rich and illuminating work, Desmond and Moore recover Darwin''s
lost humanitarianism. They argue that only by acknowledging
Darwin''s Christian abolitionist heritage can we fully understand
the development of his groundbreaking ideas. Compulsively readable
and utterly persuasive, "Darwin''s Sacred Cause" will revolutionize
our view of the great naturalist.
目錄：
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Unshackling Creation
The Intimate ''Blackamoor''
Racial Numb-Skulls
All Nations of One Blood
Living in Slave Countries
Common Descent: From the Father of Man
to the Father of All Mammals
Hybridizing Humans
This Odious Deadly Subject
Domestic Animals and Domestic Institutions
Oh for Shame Agassiz!
The Contamination of Negro Blood
The Secret Science Drifts from Its Sacred Cause
Cannibals and the Confederacy in London
The Descent of the Races
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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