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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823913003321

Autore

Troumpeta SevasteĢ„

Titolo

Physical anthropology, race and eugenics in Greece (1880s-1970s) / / by Sevasti Trubeta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25767-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Balkan studies library, , 1877-6272 ; ; volume 11

Disciplina

599.909495

Soggetti

Physical anthropology - Greece - History

Eugenics - Greece - History

Racism in anthropology - Greece - History

Greece Race relations

Greece Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

section I. On the emergence of modern anthropology in Greece -- section II. Concepts of anthropology, institutional trajectories and scientific capital -- section III. Concepts of the Greek Fili : communality in racial and eugenic terms.

Sommario/riassunto

Before it became established as an academic discipline, physical anthropology emerged as a contested notion of reference to the cosmological views associated with the Darwinian theory of evolution and its implementation by the natural sciences. However, its subsequent development points to a science which made holistic claims regarding its ability to explore humankind in its entirety and to influence society, with its involvement in politics, as well as racial and eugenic concepts serving as the vehicle for doing so. This book explores the emergence of physical anthropology in the modern Greek state and its development over a period of one century from the viewpoint of the proclaimed intention of its representatives to influence societal developments. The book is the first to subject Greek racial and eugenic discourse to detailed research.