Book ID: CBB585433440

Social Mendelism: Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900-1948 (2019)

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Teicher, Amir (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 280
Language: English

"Who was the scientific progenitor of eugenic thought? Amir Teicher challenges the preoccupation with Darwin's eugenic legacy by uncovering the extent to which Gregor Mendel's theory of heredity became crucial in the formation - and radicalization - of eugenic ideas. Through a compelling analysis of the entrenchment of genetic thinking in the social and political policies in Germany between 1900 and 1948, Teicher exposes how Mendelian heredity became saturated with cultural meaning, fed racial anxieties, reshaped the ideal of the purification of the German national body and ultimately defined eugenic programs. Drawing on scientific manuscripts and memoirs, bureaucratic correspondence, court records, school notebooks, and Hitler's table talk as well as popular plays and films, Social Mendelism presents a new paradigm for understanding links between genetics and racism, and between biological and social thought"--

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Review Aisling Shalvey (2022) Review of "Social Mendelism: Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900-1948". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 252-253). unapi

Review Raluca Bejan (2022) Review of "Social Mendelism: Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900-1948". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 121-123). unapi

Review Raluca Bejan (2022) Review of "Social Mendelism: Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900-1948". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 121-123). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Simunek, Michal
Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg
Müller-Wille, Staffan
Tschermak-Seysenegg, Erich von
Tschermak-Seysenegg, Armin von
Thümmler, Florian
Concepts
Genetics
Heredity
Science and politics
Eugenics
Science and race
Mendelism
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Germany
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Moscow (Russia)
Virginia (U.S.)
Switzerland
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, Menschliche Erblehre und Eugenik
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
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