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Anarchism and eugenics : An unlikely convergence, 1890-1940 /

At the heart of this book is what would appear to be a striking and fundamental paradox: the espousal of a 'scientific' doctrine that sought to eliminate 'dysgenics' and champion the 'fit' as a means of 'race' survival by a political and social movement that o...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cleminson, Richard (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester [UK] : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The 'paradox' of anarchism and eugenics
  • Science, revolution and progress : the constitutive terrain of anarchist eugenics
  • Early discourse on eugenics within transnational anarchism, 1890-1920
  • From neo-Malthusianism to eugenics as a 'revolutionary conquest', 1920-1937
  • Conclusion : anarchism, governmentality, eugenics.