Building the New Man Eugenics, Racial Science and Genetics in Twentieth-Century Italy

Discusses several fundamental themes of the comparative history of eugenics: the importance of the Latin eugenic model; the relationship between eugenics and fascism; the influence of Catholicism on the eugenic discourse and the complex links between genetics and eugenics. It examines the Liberal pr...

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Main Author: Cassata, Francesco
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Hungary Amsterdam University Press 2011
Central European University Press
Edition:1
Series:CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
Subjects:
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Anthropology
CEU Press
Eugenics
Eugenics > Italy > History
Fascism
General history of Europe Italian Peninsula & adjacent islands
Health Sciences
HISTORY
HISTORY / Europe / Italy
History of science
Italy
MEDICAL
MEDICAL / History
Medical policy
Niet accessible
Racial studies
Reproductive Medicine & Technology
SCIENCE
SCIENCE / History
Social and Political Sciences
Sociology and Social History
Eugenics, Fascism, History of science, Italy, Medical history, Medical policy, Racial studies
Europe
Anthropology
Sociology and Social History
MEDICAL
Active
CEU Press
Social and Political Sciences
Reproductive medicine
Italy
SCIENCE
Niet accessible
HISTORY
medical history
racial studies
medical policy
fascism
eugenics
italy
history of science
Medical policy
Racial studies
Fascism
Eugenics
History of science
Medical history
ISBN:9639776831, 9789639776838, 9789639776890, 9639776890
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: BETWEEN LOMBROSO AND PARETO: CHAPTER II: EUGENICS AND DYSGENICS OF WAR CHAPTER III: REGENERATING ITALY (1919–1924) CHAPTER IV: QUALITY THROUGH QUANTITY: CHAPTER V: EUGENICS AND RACISM (1938–1943) CHAPTER VI: TOWARD A NEW EUGENICS CHAPTER VII: AGAINST UNESCO: CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF NAMES
  • Cover Series title page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements Introduction CHAPTER I Between Lombroso and Pareto: the Italian Way to Eugenics CHAPTER II Eugenics and Dysgenics of War CHAPTER III Regenerating Italy (1919–1924) CHAPTER IV Quality through Quantity: Eugenics in Fascist Italy CHAPTER V Eugenics and Racism (1938–1943) CHAPTER VI Toward a New Eugenics CHAPTER VII Against UNESCO: Italia n Eugenics and American Scientific Racism Conclusions Bibliography Index of Names back cover
  • Cover -- Series title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I Between Lombroso and Pareto: the Italian Way to Eugenics -- 1. Lombroso's Way: the Problem of Degeneration -- 2. Pareto's Way: the Problem of the Elite -- 3. The Italian Committee of Eugenic Studies -- CHAPTER II Eugenics and Dysgenics of War -- 1. War as Counter-selection -- 2. War as Gymnasium -- 3. War as Laboratory -- 4. Eugenics and the "Sons of the Enemy" -- CHAPTER III Regenerating Italy (1919-1924) -- 1. Ettore Levi and the IPAS Campaign for Birth Control -- 2. A Concrete Proposal: Premarital Certificates -- 3. Sterilization and Euthanasia -- 4. The Work of the "Useless": Mental Hygiene in Italy -- CHAPTER IV Quality through Quantity: Eugenics in Fascist Italy -- 1. Corrado Gini's Hegemony: Demography and "Regenerative" Eugenics -- 2. Constitutionalism and "Latin" Eugenics: Nicola Pende's Biotypological Institute -- 3. Demography and Biotypology: the Laboratory of Statistics at Milan Catholic University -- CHAPTER V Eugenics and Racism (1938-1943) -- 1. Biological Racism and Hereditarian Eugenics -- 2. Environmentalist Eugenics: Psychological and Anthropo-geographical Racism -- 3. Esoteric-traditionalist Racism and Eugenics: Julius Evola -- 4. Assortative Mating and Racism -- 5. Toward a National Genetic Center -- CHAPTER VI Toward a New Eugenics -- 1. SIGE Schisms: Genetics against Eugenics -- 2. From Premarital Examination to Genetic Counseling -- 3. Eugenics and Catholic Medical Genetics: Luigi Geddaand the "Gregorio Mendel" Institute -- CHAPTER VII Against UNESCO: Italia n Eugenics and American Scientific Racism -- 1. The IAAEE and The Mankind Quarterly (1959-1965) -- 2. Meticciato di Guerra: Luigi Gedda and Reginald Ruggles Gates -- 3. Corrado Gini and the "Guerrilla War" against UNESCO
  • 4. Epilogue: Race and Modern Science -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- back cover
  • CHAPTER VII. Against UNESCO: Italian Eugenics and America n Scientific Racism --
  • Contents --
  • CHAPTER V. Eugenics and Racism (1938–1943) --
  • Conclusions --
  • CHAPTER III. Regenerating Italy (1919–1924) --
  • Acknowledgements --
  • CHAPTER IV. Quality through Quantity: Eugenics in Fascist Ital y --
  • CHAPTER II. Eugenics and Dysgenics of War --
  • Frontmatter --
  • CHAPTER VI. Toward a New Eugenics --
  • Index of Names
  • Introduction --
  • Bibliography --
  • CHAPTER I. Between Lombroso and Pareto : the Italian Way to Eugenics --