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Anarchism and Eugenics

An Unlikely Convergence, 1890-1940

Richard Cleminson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:16th May '19

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At the heart of this book is what would appear to be a striking and fundamental paradox: the espousal of a ‘scientific’ doctrine that sought to eliminate ‘dysgenics’ and champion the ‘fit’ as a means of ‘race’ survival by a political and social movement that ostensibly believed in the destruction of the state and the removal of all hierarchical relationships. What explains this reception of eugenics by anarchism? How was eugenics mobilised by anarchists as part of their struggle against capitalism and the state? What were the consequences of this overlap for both anarchism and eugenics as transnational movements?

ISBN: 9781526124463

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm

Weight: 490g

224 pages