Anarchism and Eugenics
An Unlikely Convergence, 1890-1940
Seiten
2024
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-2448-7 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-2448-7 (ISBN)
This book traces the convergence between anarchism, as an anti-authoritarian, anti-statist political doctrine, and eugenics, the science of ‘race improvement’ in five countries between 1890 and 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 ostensibly believed in the destruction of the state and the removal of all hierarchical relationships. What explains this reception of eugenics by anarchism? How was eugenics mobilised by anarchists as part of their struggle against capitalism and the state? What were the consequences of this overlap for both anarchism and eugenics as transnational movements? -- .
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 ostensibly believed in the destruction of the state and the removal of all hierarchical relationships. What explains this reception of eugenics by anarchism? How was eugenics mobilised by anarchists as part of their struggle against capitalism and the state? What were the consequences of this overlap for both anarchism and eugenics as transnational movements? -- .
Professor Richard Cleminson is Chair in Hispanic Studies at the University of Leeds -- .
Introduction
1. The national and international context of theories on inheritance and eugenics
2. From “Conscious Procreation” and Neo-Malthusianism to Eugenics: Anarchism in England, France, Portugal, Spain and Argentina, 1890-1920
3. Anarchist eugenics, women’s bodies and the dilemma of sterilisation
4. Conclusion -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Anarchist Studies |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 316 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-2448-3 / 1526124483 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-2448-7 / 9781526124487 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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