Pure Society
From Darwin to Hitler
«This book is terrifying and sends shivers down one's spine ... With a methodical, surgical but also indignant pen, André Pichot painstakingly tracks these ordinary crimes of [eugenics] ... One of the great merits of his work is that it calls on us for a spirit of critical vigilance.»
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How did the notions of "race" and "ethnic group," under the cover of scientific legitimacy, get used for political ends? This work retraces the history of biological conceptions of society and their racist and eugenicist applications from the end of the nineteenth century to the post-Second World War epoch. Les mer
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How did the notions of "race" and "ethnic group," under the cover of scientific legitimacy, get used for political ends? This work retraces the history of biological conceptions of society and their racist and eugenicist applications from the end of the nineteenth century to the post-Second World War epoch. Andre Pichot analyzes the relationship between science, politics and ideology, through the examination of specific cases: from Nazism to the various eugenicist research programs launched or financed by eminent scientific organizations from the beginning of the twentieth century onwards. And, today, with the mapping of the human genome and rapid advances in gene therapies, he warns that the dream of a "pure society" is in danger of resurrection.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verso Books
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 360
- ISBN
- 9781844672448
- Utgivelsesår
- 2009
- Format
- 24 x 17 cm
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«This book is terrifying and sends shivers down one's spine ... With a methodical, surgical but also indignant pen, André Pichot painstakingly tracks these ordinary crimes of [eugenics] ... One of the great merits of his work is that it calls on us for a spirit of critical vigilance.»
Telerama
«André Pichot's work has the merit of gathering together a great deal of information on the forgotten, 'uncomfortable', massive international presence [of eugenics].»
Le Monde
«The historian of science André Pichot shows here the extent to which [Darwin and Hitler] profoundly marked social and political history ... A welcome warning against the dream of purity in social matters.»
Le Nouvelle Economiste
«André Pichot is an excellent historian ... Pichot analyses [this complex history of eugenics] with finesse. He destroys the false ideas, the 'fables' which were completely invented to justify a priori ideas. A very rich book, which is based on abundant documentation.»
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