The politics of heredity
Subtitle: essays on eugenics, biomedicine, and the nature-nurture debate
By: Diane B. Paul.
Series: SUNY series, philosophy and biology; SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Human genetics -- Political aspects -- History.; Eugenics -- Political aspects -- History.; Nature and nurture -- Political aspects -- History.
Description: This book explores the development of hybrid corn, the history of eugenics, human genetics, the nature-nurture debate, the origins of the Marxian concept of proletarian science, the shift in the meaning of "fitness" in evolutionary theory, the practice of normal science in Nazi Germany, and the making and selling of science textbooks. While the topics are diverse, a common theme unites them - each explores links between biological science, social power, and public policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.