The Eugenic Mind Project (The MIT Press)
Brand: The MIT Press
Color: Black
Categories: Books, Science & Math, Evolution



Dimensions: 6 x 0.94 x 9 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0262037204
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0262037203
Publisher: The MIT Press
Print length: 352 pages
Publication date: December 22, 2017
subtitle: Hardcover – December 22, 2017
author: Robert A. Wilson PhD
review: Editorial Reviews Review Robert Wilson's book is one of the best studies of eugenics to date. Wilson covers the history and theory of eugenics from its origins in the nineteenth century until now. Using standpoint theory, the book manages a difficult task of taking an academic subject and revealing the human and emotional within. It is 'must' reading for anyone interested in eugenics, disability, and biopolitics. ― Lennard J. Davis , Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago; author of Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights ; editor of The Disability Studies Reader About the Author Robert A. Wilson is Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe University, the author of Genes and the Agents of Life , and coeditor of The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences and of E xplanation and Cognition (MIT Press). He directed the project that built EugenicsArchive.ca and is a director and the executive producer of the documentary Surviving Eugenics.