With and Without Galton : Vasilii Florinskii and the Fate of Eugenics in Russia
In this lucid and insightful work, Nikolai Krementsov argues that the concept of eugenics brings together ideas, values, practices, and fears energised by a focus on the future. It has proven so seductive to different groups over time because it provides a way to grapple with fundamental existential...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Cambridge :
Open Book Publishers
2019.
Marseille : OpenEdition |
| Online Zugang: | Ressource accessible en libre accès Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2019-28-10 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : xxvi + 668 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • With and Without Galton, Texte imprimé, Cambridge, Open Book Publishers, 2018 |
| Zusammenfassung: | In this lucid and insightful work, Nikolai Krementsov argues that the concept of eugenics brings together ideas, values, practices, and fears energised by a focus on the future. It has proven so seductive to different groups over time because it provides a way to grapple with fundamental existential questions of human nature and destiny. With and Without Galton develops this argument by tracing the life-story of Florinskii's monograph from its uncelebrated arrival amid the Russian empire's Great Reforms, to its reissue after the Bolshevik Revolution, its decline under Stalinism, and its subsequent resurgence: first, as a founding document of medical genetics, and most recently, as a manifesto for nationalists and racial purists. Krementsov's meticulously researched 'biography of a book' sheds light not only on the peculiar fate of eugenics in Russia, but also on its convoluted transnational history, elucidating the field's protean nature and its continuing and contested appeal to diverse audiences, multiple local trajectories, and global trends. It is required reading for historians of eugenics, science, medicine, education, literature, and Russia, and it will also appeal to the general reader looking for a deeper understanding of this challenging subject |
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| Beschreibung: | Description d'après la consultation, 2019-28-10 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : xxvi + 668 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Format: | Navigateur Web |
| ISBN: | 9791036525063 |
| Zugangseinschränkungen: | L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition. |