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Darwin's "Origin of Species" is undoubtedly one of the most important books in the scientific pantheon. But can we take Darwin's theory of evolution as a confirmed scientific fact? Contrary to myth, the famed Scopes 'Monkey Trials' of 1925 failed to establish the truth of science and the falsehood of creationism. Biblical literalism has now returned with new vigour in the guise of 'creation-science'. Fundamentalists are demanding that fact-based education should teach both evolution and creationism.
Should we dismiss creation science as an irrelevant myth? Has evolution itself been turnewd into a new 'fundamentalist' theology, a useful ploy to police orthodoxy in science? Is religious bigotry matched by scientific bigotry, bad religion by bad science? "Darwin and Fundamentalism" argues that there are important issues lurking behind the simplistic headlines. What is reasonable to believe and what are prudent uses of the scientific method are complex matters vital to how we investigate and assess ideas of evolution.
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Charles Darwin evolutionized the western view of human development and inaugurated a paradigmatic shift that has reverberated throughout science ever since. His work and conclusions surrounding evolution, however, have been employed in areas utterly distinct from biology to become justifications for ideology across the politial spectrum. This rise of fundamentalism, both political and religious, has been a harrowing reminder that liberal democracy cannot hope to automatically succeed irrespective of cultural context. This book examines the use of Darwinist ideas in a plethora of regimes, and considers his legacy and reception outside the scientific community in which he ostensibly worked.
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In August 1999, the state Board of Education of Kansas in the United States voted by a narrow margin to permit the removal of evolution from the teaching curriculum. Read the first page
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