The "Darwin Issue" has been on my mind ever since I read your comment, and I think you should know that Val is fully in support of you. With Darwin came social Darwinism which set up nationalism, which set up WWI, which set up WWII, which set up the Cold War and Vietnam, etc.. So whether I agree with you or not, your position may be more valid than mine and we should investigate this further.
I think my major concern (or mental block, depending on your perception,) is that I place Darwin firmly in the 19th century. I see him to a large extent as a culmination of that century instead of a lead in to the next. Whether they disagreed with him or not, they made him.
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Date: 2001-10-22 09:37 pm (UTC)I think my major concern (or mental block, depending on your perception,) is that I place Darwin firmly in the 19th century. I see him to a large extent as a culmination of that century instead of a lead in to the next. Whether they disagreed with him or not, they made him.