Comments on: "No Darwin – no Hitler" http://easternapproaches.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/no-darwin-no-hitler/ Another attempt to make some kind of sense of what's going on east of the Dniester. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:38:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tetyana Vysotska http://easternapproaches.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/no-darwin-no-hitler/#comment-41 Tetyana Vysotska Mon, 19 May 2008 13:51:00 +0000 http://easternapproaches.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/no-darwin-no-hitler/#comment-41 I guess the authors of that documentary (it’s a pity I can’t watch it because of some technical reasons) mixed the theory of Darvin with theory of social Darvinism, invented by other people, mostly on a base of Darvin’s ideas of evolution. <br/>A couple of weeks ago I had very interesting discussion on this topic (social Darvinism) with one of my friends from Azerbaijan. As social Darvinists say, in modern world every society has its own level of social evolution. We were trying to think up if we could state that some countries today are not ready for democracy. My point of view is that the ideas of social Darvinism may be used in terms of education – the level of education of people in society. Promoting further education, we can stimulate the growth of the society (country) towards the contemporary democratic standards.<br/>Talking about the use of social Darvinism by Hitler, every idea, theory or ideology (even religion) may be used by extremists. I guess the authors of that documentary (it’s a pity I can’t watch it because of some technical reasons) mixed the theory of Darvin with theory of social Darvinism, invented by other people, mostly on a base of Darvin’s ideas of evolution.
A couple of weeks ago I had very interesting discussion on this topic (social Darvinism) with one of my friends from Azerbaijan. As social Darvinists say, in modern world every society has its own level of social evolution. We were trying to think up if we could state that some countries today are not ready for democracy. My point of view is that the ideas of social Darvinism may be used in terms of education – the level of education of people in society. Promoting further education, we can stimulate the growth of the society (country) towards the contemporary democratic standards.
Talking about the use of social Darvinism by Hitler, every idea, theory or ideology (even religion) may be used by extremists.

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