God's Eugenicist : Alexis Carrel and the Sociobiology of Decline. /

The temptations of a new genetically informed eugenics and of a revived faith-based, world-wide political stance, this study of the interaction of science, religion, politics and the culture of celebrity in twentieth-century Europe and America offers a fascinating and important contribution to the h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reggiani, Andrés Horacio
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2006.
Colección:Berghahn monographs in French studies.
Temas:
Carrel, Alexis, > 1873-1944.
Carrel, Alexis, > 1873-1944
Carrel, Alexis.
1900-1999
Surgeons > France > Biography.
Eugenics > History > 20th century.
Physicians.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Physicians
Eugenics > history
History, 20th Century
Religion and Medicine
Chirurgiens > France > Biographies.
Eugénisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecins.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
physicians.
HISTORY / Europe / France
Medicine > Religious aspects
Eugenics
Surgeons
Eugenik
Popularisierung
Nobelpristagare > Frankrike > biografi.
Eugenik > Frankrike > historia > 1900-talet.
Kirurger > Frankrike > historia > 1900-talet.
Rasbiologi > Frankrike.
France
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Herman Lebovics Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations Introduction: Alexis Carrel, an Ever-Present Past Chapter 1. Medicine, Miracles, and Politics; Chapter 2. The Making of a Scientific Celebrity; Chapter 3. The Best-Selling Eugenicist; Chapter 4. Charles Lindbergh and the Institute of Man; Chapter 5. The Commitment to Vichy; Chapter 6. Wartime France as Human Laboratory; Chapter 7. Reinventing the Eugenicist as a Humanist Conclusion: Alexis Carrel as a lieu de mémoire Sources and Bibliography

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