Darwin's Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery And The Quest For Human Origins

Desmond, Adrian and Moore, James A. (2009). Darwin's Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery And The Quest For Human Origins. London: Houghton Miffin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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Abstract

About the book: This book, by Darwin's most celebrated modern biographers, gives a completely new explanation of why he came to his shattering theories about human origins. Until now, Desmond and Moore argue, the source of the moral fire which gives such intensity and urgency to Darwin's ideas has gone unnoticed. By examining minutely Darwin's manuscripts and correspondence (published and unpublished) and covert notebooks, where many of the clues lie, they show that the key to unlocking the mystery of how such an ostensibly conservative man could hold views which his contemporaries considered both radical and bestial, lay in his utter detestation of slavery. Darwin's Sacred Cause will be one of the major contributions to the worldwide Darwin anniversary celebrations in 2009.

Item Type:	Book
Copyright Holders:	2009 The Authors
ISBN:	0-547-05526-9, 978-0-547-05526-8
Extra Information:	Darwins Nobele Streven Amsterdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, 2009 ISBN 978-90-468-0585-5 http://www.nieuwamsterdam.nl/boekUitgave.aspx?ID=1409 A Causa Sagrada de Darwin Rio de Janeiro, Editora Record, 2009 ISBN 978-85-01-08394-4 http://www.record.com.br/livro_sinopse.asp?id_livro=24415 ダーウィンが信じた道―進化論に隠されたメ Tokyo, NHK Shuppan, 2009 ISBN 978-4-140-81381-2 http://item.excite.co.jp/detail/ASIN_4140813814 La sacra causa di Darwin Milan, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2012 ISBN: 978-88-6030-497-1 http://www.raffaellocortina.it/la-sacra-causa-di-Darwin
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Item ID:	18754
Depositing User:	James Moore
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2009 13:43
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2016 10:29
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/18754
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