... only did Europeans misinterpret Darwin's theory of evolution they misapply his theory to social Darwinism. This concept fathered by Herbert Spencer was prescriptive having no scientific evidence but drove imperial moral and created more liberal justification. Lindqvist's novel explores questions uncovering a truth of human nature that often is forgotten with the Holocaust. "We do not want to remember. We want ... future and being afraid of our past makes us ignorant to our present. "You already know enough. So do I. It is not knowledge we lack. What is missing is the courage to understa...

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