03536 am 22005773u 450 991028793860332120191021060535.0979-1-03-652506-31-78374-513-4(CKB)4100000006995652(MiAaPQ)EBC5527495(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-7333(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62777(PPN)235361550(EXLCZ)99410000000699565220200220d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWith and without Galton Vasilii Florinskii and the fate of eugenics in Russia /Nikolai KrementsovOpen Book Publishers2018Cambridge, England :Open Book Publishers,[2018]©20181 online resource (696 pages)1-78374-511-8 1-78374-512-6 Preface; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Note on Names, Transliterations, and Translations; Acknowledgments; The Faces of Eugenics: Local Mirrors and Global Reflections; I. "HYGIENIC" AND "RATIONAL" MARRIAGE; 1. The Author: Vasilii Florinskii; 2. The Publisher: Grigorii Blagosvetlov; 3. The Book: Darwinism and Social Hygiene; 4. The Hereafter: Words and Deeds; II. "BOURGEOIS" AND "PROLETARIAN" EUGENICS; 5. Rebirth: Eugenics and Marxism; 6. Resonance: Euphenics, Medical Genetics, and Rassenhygiene; 7. Afterlife: Medical Genetics and "Racial" Eugenics.8. Science of the Future: With and Without GaltonApologia: The Historian's Craft; Notes; Index.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.EugenicsSoviet UnionHistoryFrancis GaltonscienceVasilii FlorinskiimedicineUSSRhistorybiographyeugenicsRussiaEugenicsHistory.509.24Krement͡sov N. L.996831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910287938603321With and without Galton2285778UNINA