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23 de out. de 2020 · Theories of eugenics, or “racial hygiene” in the German context, shaped many of Nazi Germany’s persecutory policies. Key Facts. 1. Eugenics, or “racial hygiene,” was a scientific movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 2. While today eugenics may be regarded as a pseudoscience, it was seen as cutting ...
15 de nov. de 2017 · Eugenics is the now-discredited practice of “improving” the human race and reducing the impact of hereditary disease by mating people with desirable traits.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Eugenics, the selection of desired heritable characteristics to improve future generations, typically in reference to humans. The term eugenics was coined in 1883 by British scientist Francis Galton. By World War I many scientists and political leaders supported eugenics, though it ultimately failed as a science.
- Eugenics is the selection of desired heritable characteristics in order to improve future generations, typically in reference to humans. The term e...
- Eugenics was supported by many scientific authorities and political leaders by the time of World War I. However, it ultimately failed as a science...
- The American eugenics movement gave rise to laws that mandated the sterilization of—by some estimates—as many as 60,000 disabled people in more tha...
Eugenics (/ j uː ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well', and -γενής (genḗs) 'come into being, growing') is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.
Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. This article summarizes both the history and the historiography of eugenics across the world and that indicates new lines of inquiry that have evolved in recent years. It demonstrates that eugenics rapidly has become a shared language and ambition in cultures and locations that were otherwise radically different.
Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. Early in the twentieth century, a powerful union of science and social policy emerged in countries across the world. Eugenics was a movement committed to using the principles of heredity and of statistics to encourage healthy and discourage unhealthy reproduction.
16 de mai. de 2024 · Eugenics was a global movement of bio-politics; a scientific movement centered on heredity, statistics and a particular definition of human progress; a political movement for racial and...
