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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822757203321

Autore

Cleminson Richard

Titolo

Anarchism and eugenics : an unlikely convergence, 1890-1940 / / Richard Cleminson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2449-1

1-5261-4666-5

1-5261-2447-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Contemporary anarchist studies

Disciplina

363.9209467

Soggetti

Anarchism - History - 20th century

Eugenics - History - 20th century

Anarchism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The 'paradox' of anarchism and eugenics -- Science, revolution and progress : the constitutive terrain of anarchist eugenics -- Early discourse on eugenics within transnational anarchism, 1890-1920 -- From neo-Malthusianism to eugenics as a 'revolutionary conquest', 1920-1937 -- Conclusion : anarchism, governmentality, eugenics.

Sommario/riassunto

At the heart of this book is what would appear to be a striking and fundamental paradox: the espousal of a 'scientific' doctrine that sought to eliminate 'dysgenics' and champion the 'fit' as a means of 'race' survival by a political and social movement that ostensibly believed in the destruction of the state and the removal of all hierarchical relationships. What explains this reception of eugenics by anarchism? How was eugenics mobilised by anarchists as part of their struggle against capitalism and the state? What were the consequences of this overlap for both anarchism and eugenics as transnational movements?