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The Eugenic Temptation in Socialism: Sweden, Germany, and the Soviet Union
Ist Teil von
Comparative studies in society and history, 2004-01, Vol.46 (1), p.84-106
Ort / Verlag
New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2004
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Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In recent years, eugenics has emerged as a major topic in the history of science. As a mixture of science and policy, as a discipline and social movement, eugenics lies at the interface of biological science and society. The primary feature of “eugenics,” a term coined by Francis Galton in 1883, is the conviction that human traits of character, for good or evil, are genetically transmitted. This so-called science, therefore, seeks to regulate human procreation by encouraging the fecundity of allegedly genetically superior groups in society, while discouraging “defectives” from producing children since they would replicate their deficiencies.