| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Pt. 1 | Darwin and Darwinian Science | 7 |
| 1 | Darwin: The Reluctant Revolutionary | 11 |
| 2 | Heredity: The Problem of Variation | 29 |
| 3 | Selection: Nature Red in Tooth and Claw | 48 |
| 4 | Evolution: The Tree of Life | 75 |
| Pt. 2 | Applications of Darwinism | 93 |
| 5 | Agriculture: Malthus Postponed | 97 |
| 6 | Medicine: Dying of Ignorance | 110 |
| 7 | Eugenics: Promethean Darwinism | 134 |
| Pt. 3 | Understanding Human Nature | 147 |
| 8 | Origins: From Baboons to Archbishops | 151 |
| 9 | Psyche: Darwinism Meets Film Noir | 167 |
| 10 | Society: Ideology as Biology | 184 |
| 11 | Religion: The Spectre Haunting | 202 |
| Conclusion | 210 |
| Bibliographic Material and Notes | 213 |
| Index | 229 |
