Modernism and Eugenics [electronic resource] /
Turda, M.author.
Modernism and Eugenics comprehensively explores modern Europe's fixation with eugenic programmes of racial and national purification. It convincingly demonstrates that between 1870 and 1940 eugenicists were not only preoccupied with rescuing the individual from the anomie of modernity but equally championed a glorious racial destiny for the nation.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Context and Methodology; 1 The Pathos of Science, 1870-1914; 2 War: The World's Only Hygiene, 1914-1918; 3 Eugenic Technologies of National Improvement, 1918-1933; 4 Eugenics and Biopolitics, 1933-1940; Conclusion: Towards an Epistemology of Eugenic Knowledge; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Modernism and Eugenics comprehensively explores modern Europe's fixation with eugenic programmes of racial and national purification. It convincingly demonstrates that between 1870 and 1940 eugenicists were not only preoccupied with rescuing the individual from the anomie of modernity but equally championed a glorious racial destiny for the nation.
Europe—History.
History, Modern.
History.
World politics.
Medicine—History.
Political theory.
European History.
Modern History.
History of Science.
Political History.
History of Medicine.
Political Theory.