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16. Juli 2024 · The paper aims to understand the various legacies of eugenics in the postwar period to recognize both the continuities and discontinuities of eugenics with an approach which is both conceptually sound and historically correct. Building on earlier work of Lene Koch, the paper endeavours to chart the historical trajectory of eugenics by examining how its definition and those of its related or ...
11. Juli 2024 · Eugenics education should be embedded in our teaching, from high school onwards. The politics that shaped the founding of our field echo in our work today, and the misplaced, sometimes fraudulent data that was part of that ideology continue to influence how the public thinks about genetics.
Vor einem Tag · As the eugenics narrative is increasingly used to justify attacks on reproductive autonomy, the role of librarians is key as we can use library collections to contextualise misinformation between abortion, birth control, and eugenics. As restrictions on reproductive rights disproportionately affect racialised and marginalised communities, it is important for librarians to be prepared to ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Eugenics is selective breeding among humans. It’s the idea that only the “fittest” people should have children, and that science and medicine should be used to discourage reproduction by those who don’t meet this standard. At its inception in the late 19th century, “fitness” was thought to implicate everything from mental and ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The social policies of eugenics in Nazi Germany were composed of various ideas about genetics. The racial ideology of Nazism placed the biological improvement of the German people by selective breeding of "Nordic" or "Aryan" traits at its center. [1] These policies were used to justify the involuntary sterilization and mass-murder of those ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Fisher held strong views on race and eugenics, insisting on racial differences. Although he was clearly a eugenicist, there is some debate as to whether Fisher supported scientific racism (see Ronald Fisher § Views on race). He was the Galton Professor of Eugenics at University College London and editor of the Annals of Eugenics.
Vor 2 Tagen · Eugenics, the set of beliefs and practices which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population, [1] [2] played a significant role in the history and culture of the United States from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century. [3] The cause became increasingly promoted by intellectuals of the Progressive Era.
