Controlling Human Heredity, 1865 to the PresentHumanities Press, 1995 - Broj stranica: 158 In the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, it was widely assumed that society ought to foster the breeding of those who possessed favorable traits and discourage the breeding of those who did not. Controlled human breeding, "eugenics" as it was labeled by Francis Galton, seemed only good common sense. How did eugenics come to exert such powerful and broad appeal? What events shaped its direction? Whose interests did it finally serve? Why did it fall into disrepute? Has it survived in other guises? These are some of the questions that Diane Paul sets out to answer - questions that have acquired a new urgency in light of developments in genetic medicine. The eugenics movement appeared to be dead - associated with race and class prejudice, in particular the crimes of the Third Reich - or was it just sleeping? Has eugenics returned in the guise of medical genetics? In Controlling Human Heredity, Professor Paul aims to bridge the gap between expert and lay understandings of the history of eugenics and thereby enrich the debate on the perplexing contemporary choices in genetic medicine. |
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... Mendel . The countries that adopted the harshest eugenic policies were those where Weismann and Mendel received their warmest reception . The next chapter explains why . RO 3 From Soft to Hard Heredity N THE LATTER Wallace's Dissent 39.
... Mendel . The countries that adopted the harshest eugenic policies were those where Weismann and Mendel received their warmest reception . The next chapter explains why . RO 3 From Soft to Hard Heredity N THE LATTER Wallace's Dissent 39.
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... Mendel had demonstrated in 1865 that the hereditary material is transmitted in- tact from parent to offspring . Mendel also had established that some hereditary factors are expressed only when the same factor is inher- ited from both ...
... Mendel had demonstrated in 1865 that the hereditary material is transmitted in- tact from parent to offspring . Mendel also had established that some hereditary factors are expressed only when the same factor is inher- ited from both ...
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Diane B. Paul. MENDEL'S THEATRE ACT FIGURE 3.1 " Mendel's Theatre , " showing inheritance of hair color . Courtesy of the American Philosophical Society , Philadelphia . tually won the dispute ) , the biometricians doubted their. From ...
Diane B. Paul. MENDEL'S THEATRE ACT FIGURE 3.1 " Mendel's Theatre , " showing inheritance of hair color . Courtesy of the American Philosophical Society , Philadelphia . tually won the dispute ) , the biometricians doubted their. From ...
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Evolutionary Anxieties | 22 |
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