The Political Gene: How Darwin's Ideas Changed Politics

Author: Dennis Sewell
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Category: Social & Cultural History, Society & Culture: General, Social Theory, Political Science & Theory, Political Ideologies, Philosophy Of Science, Impact Of Science & Technology On Society, History Of Science, Popular Science, Evolution
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Paperback

The Political Gene is a fascinating examination of the way that many scientists and politicians have sought to use Charles Darwin's ideas to solve social problems, or to bolster political ideologies. Sewell's beautifully crafted narrative shows us what drove people to put a black man on display in a zoo, forcibly sterilize a pair of innocent teenage sisters, lock up a British girl for eighteen years for a petty theft, murder disabled people in Nazi Germany, and slam shut America's Golden Door. In a world where the gene becomes ever more central, the fresh and stimulating arguments in The Political Gene make this an explosive, essential, and utterly intriguing book.

About Dennis Sewell
Dennis Sewell is a writer and broadcaster and a Contributing Editor of The Spectator. For more than twenty years he was on the staff of BBC News, where he was a presenter of Radio 4's Talking Politics and BBC World Service's Politics UK, and a reporter for BBC2's Newsnight. He is the author of Catholics - Britain's Largest Minority, published in 2000, and of The Political Gene.

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Brand Pan Macmillan
Artist / Author Dennis Sewell
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