The slipperiness and indeterminacy of eugenics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2148990 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Sophia Quine (Formerly Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, Department of History, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 2491-2495 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2022.2096412 |
| OpenAlex | W4286717291 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
From its inception in the late nineteenth century, eugenics aimed to "improve" human beings. During its long, tortuous history, the movement spawned many different incarnations and had differing impacts on politics and policies. It was from the start a heterogeneous cultural force, manifested through local, national, regional, transnational and global initiatives, institutions, and individuals. Despite, or, perhaps, partly because of its slipperiness and indeterminacy, eugenics has managed to survive and thrive to this day. The longevity of the eugenic mindset is all the more striking, given its intimate association with the collapse of humanistic values and liberal democratic regimes in the early decades of the twentieth century
Criminology · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Eugenics · Humanism · Indeterminacy (philosophy · Mindset · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · BRCA gene mutations in cancer · Law
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
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