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Anarchism and Eugenics : An Unlikely Convergence, 1890-1940 by Richard Cleminson, Uri Gordon, Laurence Davis, Alex Prichard, Nathan Jun, Richard Cleminson, Laurence Davis, Uri Gordon, Nathan J. Jun is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Anarchism and Eugenics : An Unlikely Convergence, 1890-1940 about?

This book focuses on the apparently surprising convergence between anarchism and eugenics. By tracing the reception of eugenic ideas within five different anarchist movements –Argentina, England, France, Portugal and Spain – the book argues that, in fact, there is ample evidence for anarchist interest in, and implementation of, some form of eugenics. The author argues that this intersection between anarchism and eugenics can be understood as an emanation from anarchism’s nineteenth-century legacy, which harnessed science as a means to change the social world and an ideological commitment to voluntarism as a political praxis. Through the articulation of interest in birth control, ‘neo-Malthusianism’, freedom to choose for women and revolutionary objectives, many anarchists across these five countries provided the basis for the creation of ‘anarchist eugenics’ in the early twentieth century.

Who reads Anarchism and Eugenics : An Unlikely Convergence, 1890-1940?

Author

Richard Cleminson, Uri Gordon, Laurence Davis, Alex Prichard, Nathan Jun, Richard Cleminson, Laurence Davis, Uri Gordon, Nathan J. Jun

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526146663

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Science, Philosophy