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Eugenics and Protestant Social Reform

[Hardback]

by Dennis L Durst

    • Author

      Dennis L Durst

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Pickwick Publications

    • Published

      June 2017

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      Eugenics and Protestant Social Reform

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      The eugenics movement prior to the Second World War gave voice to the desire of many social reformers to promote good births and prevent bad births. Two sources of cultural authority in this period, science and religion, often found common cause in the promotion of eugenics. The rhetoric of biology and theology blended in strange ways through a common framework known as degeneration theory. Degeneration, a core concept of the eugenics movement, served as a key conceptual nexus between theological and scientific reflection on heredity among Protestant intellectuals and social reformers in the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. Elite efforts at social control of the allegedly ""unfit"" took the form of negative eugenics. This included marriage restrictions and even sterilization for many who were identified as having a suspect heredity. Speculations on heredity were deployed in identifying the feeble-minded, hereditary criminals, hereditary alcoholics, and racial minorities as presumed hindrances to the progress of civilization. A few social reformers trained in biology, anthropology, criminology, and theology eventually raised objections to the eugenics movement. Still, many thousands of citizens on the margins were labeled as defectives and suffered human rights violations during this turbulent time of social change. ""Dennis Durst's

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      • Author

        Dennis L Durst

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Pickwick Publications

      • Published

        June 2017

      • Weight

        468g

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 15 mm

      • ISBN

        9781532605796

      • ISBN-10

        153260579X

      • Eden Code

        4542978

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      • Author/Creator: Dennis L Durst

      • ISBN: 9781532605796

      • Publisher: Pickwick Publications

      • Release Date: June 2017

      • Weight: 468g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 15 mm

      • Eden Code: 4542978

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