Index 397Voltaire’s Bastards:The Dictatorshipof Reasonin 244
the West(book),66.See alsoRomanticist Watson,ThomasJ., Sr., 146–148
philosophy;Saul,JohnRalston Watt,James, 332
Webb,Beatrice:admiresHerbertSpencer,290;
Waal,Frans,de (evolutionarypsychologist): comparedto Joseph-Arthurde Gobineau,
deridesAynRand,9; failsto acknowledge 138; supportsminimumwagelegislationto
intellectualdebtto HerbertSpencer,270; pricecripplesout of labormarket,122;
quotesHerbertSpencerout-of-context,16, 18 supportsminimumwagelegislationto price
Wagener,Otto,162, 168, 169, 177–178, 179, 182, racialminoritiesout of labormarket, 122
186 Webb,Sidney:as imperialist,93–94; as racist,93,
Wagner,Richard,136, 167 122; comparedto Joseph-Arthurde
Wallace,AlfredRussel:as eugenicist,95; co- Gobineau,138; opposesimmigration,93–94;
discoversnaturalselection,95; influencedby praiseseugenicsfor beingoppositeof laissez
HerbertSpencer,273, 290; MichaelShermer’s faire,94; quoted,93, 122
Ph.D.dissertationon, 273 Webber,Carolyn,190, 218, 236
Wallace,HenryA., 155 Wedgwood,Josiah,I, 68
WallStreetJournal(newspaper),8, 184, 208, 224 Wedgwood,Josiah,IV, 123
Wal-Mart, 187 Weinberg,GeraldL., 178
War BeforeCivilization(book),59–62 welfarestate:in Bismarckregime,163; in
Ward,LesterFrank,76; accusedof beingtoo Germany,163, 166, 221–223, 238; in Nazi
stronglyinfluencedby HerbertSpencer, regime,166, 238; supportedby Volkish
87–88; and education,28, 86; and EdwardA. romanticistmovement,162.See also
Ross,83–84, 119; as anti-equality,85, 86; Bismarck,Otto,von;fascism;German
calledenemyof eugenics,84, 92; called philosophyof the nineteenthcentury;
enemyof socialDarwinism,xvii,81–84, 92; Keynes,JohnMaynard;NewDeal;
calledsocialDarwinist,85, 87; called Progressives;Roosevelt,Franklin;socialists
supporterof equality,83–84, 85, 86, 92; called Wells,H. G., 97
supporterof racialequality,83–84, 85, 86; Werth,Barry:admitsHerbertSpenceris
criticizesFrancisGaltonon technicalissue, oppositeof eugenicist,253; on Herbert
92; criticizes“socialDarwinism” termas Spencer’s anti-imperialism,43, 52–53, 253; on
strawman,86–87; friendof EdwardBellamy, HerbertSpencer’s influencingCarlSchurz’s
94; heldas superiorto Spencerand Sumner, anti-imperialism,43; on WilliamGraham
81–84; misrepresentedby RichardHofstadter Sumner’s anti-imperialism, 53
as enemyof eugenics,92; on “sociocracy”, 88; Westernmortalityrate:and lengthenedlife
racismof, 85; rudeto HerbertSpencerat span,205–206; misunderstoodby anti-
banquet,88; supportscensorship,86; capitalists,205–206; misunderstoodby H. L.
supportscompulsorysterilization,85; Mencken,10–11; reducedby liberalization
supportseugenics,84; supportsmilitary and industrialization,90–91, 205–206
conscription,84; supportsThoughtPolicing, White,LeslieA. (anthropologist), 263
86; supportstotalitarianism,84, 85–86; White,WilliamAllen,112–113
quoted,84, 84–85, 85–86; quotedout-of- Wilberforce,William, 68
contextby RichardHofstadter,84; usesterm Wildavsky,Aaron,190, 218, 236
“socialDarwinism”, 28.See alsocompulsory Wilhelm,Friedrich,138, 177
sterilization;Degler,CarlN.; eugenics; Williams,GeorgeC., 279
governmentschools;Hofstadter,Richard; Wilson,DavidSloan:endorsedby E. O. Wilson,
Progressives;Ross,EdwardA.; “social 279; endorsedby MichaelShermer,279;
Darwinism” (term);Spencer,Herbert; endorsedby NilesEldredge,279; endorsed
Sumner,WilliamGraham by SarahHrdy,279; ingratitudeto Herbert
Warne,Kate, 111 Spencerfor pioneeringhis discipline,279;
Washington,BookerT., 38 smearsAynRand,279; smearsHerbert
Washington,George, 327 Spencer,41–42, 279
Watson,JamesD.: as millionaire,241; calleda Wilson,E. O.: acceptsmisconceptionsabout
eugenicist,241; callshimselflibertarian,244; socialDarwinism,55–56; and gene-culture
quoted,241, 243; supportsgermlinegenetic co-evolution,xv–xvi; calleda social
engineering,240–244; turnedoff by the Left, Darwinist,54–56, 244; comparesJohnD.