1st Edition
Politics of Eugenics Productionism, Population, and National Welfare
232 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book analyzes whether the "new debate on genetics" owes a debt to eugenic practices by welfare democracies of 1930s and 1940s. More specifically, the question is whether precisely the same "eugenic rationale" used in the 1930s is philosophical akin to a new rationality unfolding in some Western European welfare societies that find themselves trapped in the modern dilemma of choosing... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Fabians, Productive Socialism, and Eugenics 3. From "Race Hygiene" to "National-Productivist" Hygiene 4. The Bioethical Turn to Biopolitics: The emergence of bio-nationalism 5. The Bio-Regulation Return of Eugenics for a New Century of Massive Immigration and Multiculturalism 6. European Countries and Eugenic Productivism Gospel – The path to Pronatalist-based Population Policy Convergence
Biography
Alberto Spektorowski is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Liza Ireni-Saban is an Assistant Professor in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel.
