The Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler
How did the notions of race and ethnic group, under the cover of scientificlegitimacy, get used for political ends? This work retraces the history of biologicalconceptions of society and their racist and eugenicist applications from the endof the nineteenth century to the post-Second World War epoch. André Pichotanalyzes the relationship between science, politics and ideology, through theexamination of specific cases: from Nazism to the various eugenicist researchprograms launched or financed by eminent scientific organizations from thebeginning of the twentieth century onwards. And, today, with the mapping of thehuman genome and rapid advanc…
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Weitere Autoren: Fernbach, David (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84467-244-8
- EAN: 9781844672448
- Produktnummer: 3435973
- Verlag: Verso
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 360 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.4 cm x D3.7 cm 742 g
- Gewicht: 742
Über den Autor
ANDRÉ PICHOT, researcher at the CNRS in Strasbourg, is one of France'sleading historians of science and a frequent contributor to journals and nationalnewspapers. He is the author of numerous works, including Histoire de la notionde vie and Histoire de la notion de gène.
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