Social Mendelism
Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900–1948
Seiten
2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-49949-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-49949-1 (ISBN)
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In this ground-breaking study, Amir Teicher explores the ways genetics informed Nazi racial and eugenic policies, presenting a new paradigm for understanding links between genetics and racism, and between biological and social thought.
Who was the scientific progenitor of eugenic thought? Amir Teicher challenges the preoccupation with Darwin's eugenic legacy by uncovering the extent to which Gregor Mendel's theory of heredity became crucial in the formation - and radicalization - of eugenic ideas. Through a compelling analysis of the entrenchment of genetic thinking in the social and political policies in Germany between 1900 and 1948, Teicher exposes how Mendelian heredity became saturated with cultural meaning, fed racial anxieties, reshaped the ideal of the purification of the German national body and ultimately defined eugenic programs. Drawing on scientific manuscripts and memoirs, bureaucratic correspondence, court records, school notebooks and Hitler's table talk as well as popular plays and films, Social Mendelism presents a new paradigm for understanding links between genetics and racism, and between biological and social thought.
Who was the scientific progenitor of eugenic thought? Amir Teicher challenges the preoccupation with Darwin's eugenic legacy by uncovering the extent to which Gregor Mendel's theory of heredity became crucial in the formation - and radicalization - of eugenic ideas. Through a compelling analysis of the entrenchment of genetic thinking in the social and political policies in Germany between 1900 and 1948, Teicher exposes how Mendelian heredity became saturated with cultural meaning, fed racial anxieties, reshaped the ideal of the purification of the German national body and ultimately defined eugenic programs. Drawing on scientific manuscripts and memoirs, bureaucratic correspondence, court records, school notebooks and Hitler's table talk as well as popular plays and films, Social Mendelism presents a new paradigm for understanding links between genetics and racism, and between biological and social thought.
Amir Teicher is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Tel-Aviv University.
Introduction; 1. Mendel's laws and their application to humans, 1865–1913; 2. Mendelism maturing: from experimental to interpretative framework, 1913–1933; 3. Mendelism, purity and national renewal; 4. Annihilating defective genes: Mendelian consciousness and the sterilization campaign; 5. Mendelizing racial antisemitism; Epilogue: social Mendelism beyond the Nazis.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Tables, black and white; 22 Halftones, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 590 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-49949-X / 110849949X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-49949-1 / 9781108499491 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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