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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466420903321

Autore

Chesterton G. K. (Gilbert Keith), <1874-1936, >

Titolo

Eugenics and Other Evils [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Floating Press, 2015

ISBN

1-77658-810-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

824.91

Soggetti

Eugenics

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Family & Marriage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Title""; ""Contents""; ""To the Reader""; ""PART I - THE FALSE THEORY""; ""Chapter I - What is Eugenics?""; ""Chapter II - The First Obstacles""; ""Chapter III - The Anarchy from Above""; ""Chapter IV - The Lunatic and the Law""; ""Chapter V - The Flying Authority""; ""Chapter VI - The Unanswered Challenge""; ""Chapter VII - The Established Church of Doubt""; ""Chapter VIII - A Summary of a False Theory""; ""PART II - THE REAL AIM""; ""Chapter I - The Impotence of Impenitence""; ""Chapter II - True History of a Tramp""; ""Chapter III - True History of a Eugenist""

""Chapter IV - The Vengeance of the Flesh""""Chapter V - The Meanness of the Motive""; ""Chapter VI - The Eclipse of Liberty""; ""Chapter VII - The Transformation of Socialism""; ""Chapter VIII - The End of the Household Gods""; ""Chapter IX - A Short Chapter""

Sommario/riassunto

When the concept of eugenics -- the practice of selecting for desirable traits in the larger population by encouraging gifted and/or attractive people to breed -- began to take hold in the early twentieth century, British thinker and writer G.K. Chesterton took a stance contrary to that of many intellectuals of the period and denounced it as evil in this bold, engaging series of essays.