Article ID: CBB000831703

Eugenics without the State: Anarchism in Catalonia, 1900--1937 (2008)

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Current historiography has considered eugenics to be an emanation from state structures or a movement which sought to appeal to the state in order to implement eugenic reform. This paper examines the limitations of that view and argues that it is necessary to expand our horizons to consider particularly working-class eugenics movements that were based on the dissemination of knowledge about sex and which did not aspire to positions of political power. The paper argues that anarchism, with its contradictory practice afforded by the convulsive social situation of the Civil War in Spain, allows us to assess critically the parameters of the social action of eugenics, its many alliances, and its struggle for existence in changing political circumstances not of its own making.

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Article Hall, Lesley A. (2008) Eugenics, Sex and the State: Some Introductory Remarks. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 177). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Roca Rosell, Antoni
Jing, Yuan
Adams, Matthew S.
Campbell, Roderick
Castellano, Lorenzo
Xianglong, Chen
Concepts
Science and politics
Social class
Science and government
Eugenics
Anarchism
Psychology
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Neolithic period
Bronze age
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Catalonia (Spain)
Spain
United States
Madrid (Spain)
England
Switzerland
Institutions
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Residencia de Estudiantes (Madrid)
Primeras Jornadas Eugénicas Españolas
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