An Expression of the Facts

Malik, Kenan
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Date Written:  1998-02-01
Year Published:  1998
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX7905

What the story of Darwin's long-forgotten masterpiece, and the continuing debate about its subject matter, tells us is that the scientific idea of the human is not simply an objective truth, but is shaped by wider issues such as the prevailing ideas of progress, notions of racial difference, and the understanding of the relationship between Man and Nature.

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