Book ID: CBB305728899

Measuring the Master Race: Physical Anthropology in Norway 1890-1945 (2014)

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Kyllingstad, Jon Røyne (Author)


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Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 276
Language: English

The notion of a superior 'Germanic' or 'Nordic' race was a central theme in Nazi ideology. But it was also a commonly accepted idea in the early twentieth century, an actual scientific concept originating from anthropological research on the physical characteristics of Europeans. The Scandinavian Peninsula was considered to be the historical cradle and the heartland of this 'master race'.Measuring the Master Race investigates the role played by Scandinavian scholars in inventing this so-called superior race, and discusses how the concept stamped Norwegian physical anthropology, prehistory, national identity and the eugenics movement. It also explores the decline and scientific discrediting of these ideas in the 1930s as they came to be associated with the genetic cleansing of Nazi Germany.This is the first comprehensive study of Norwegian physical anthropology. Its findings shed new light on current political and scientific debates about race across the globe.

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Review Adam Hochman (2015) Review of "Measuring the Master Race: Physical Anthropology in Norway 1890-1945". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 84-88). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sánchez Arteaga, Juan Manuel
Kyllingstad, Jon Røyne
Teicher, Amir
Zeidman, Lawrence A.
Weidman, Nadine M.
Turda, Marius
Concepts
Science and race
Physical anthropology
Racism
Eugenics
Science and politics
Human evolution
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Norway
Soviet Union
Brazil
Southern states (U.S.)
Sweden
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