Blood and Homeland Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900-1940

The history of eugenics and racial nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe is a neglected topic of analysis in contemporary scholarship. The 20 essays in this volume, written by distinguished scholars of eugenics and fascism alongside a new generation of scholars, excavate the hitherto unknown e...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Turda, Marius, Weindling, Paul
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Hungary Amsterdam University Press 2006
Central European University Press
CEU Press
Ausgabe:1
Schlagworte:
ISBN:9789637326776, 9637326774, 9789637326813, 9637326812, 9786155211041, 6155211043
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Contributors [Map] Eugenics, Race and Nation in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900–1940: German “Race Psychology” and Its Implementation in Central Europe: From “Prisoner of War Studies” to Proof of Paternity: Volksdeutscheand Racial Anthropology in Interwar Vienna: Of “Yugoslav Barbarians” and Croatian Gentlemen Scholars: Anthropological Discourse and Eugenics in Interwar Greece Eugenics, Social Genetics and Racial Hygiene: Progressivism and Eugenic Thinking in Poland, 1905–1939 The First Debates on Eugenics in Hungary, 1910–1918 Taking Care of the National Body: The Self-Perception of a Small Nation: Central Europe Confronts German Racial Hygiene: “Moses als Eugeniker”? Eugenics and Catholicism in Interwar Austria From Welfare to Selection: Fallen Women and Necessary Evils: Culturalist Nationalism and Anti-Semitism in Fin-de-Siècle Romania The Politics of Hatred: Racial Politics and Biomedical Totalitarianism in Interwar Europe Tunnel Visions and Mysterious Trees: Index Back Matter
  • Index Culturalist Nationalism and Anti-Semitism in Fin-de-Siècle Romania From Welfare to Selection: Vienna’s Public Health Office and the Implementation of Racial Hygiene Policies under the Nazi Regime The Self-Perception of a Small Nation: The Reception of Eugenics in Interwar Estonia Taking Care of the National Body: Eugenic Visions in Interwar Bulgaria, 1905–1940 Progressivism and Eugenic Thinking in Poland, 1905–1939 Eugenics, Social Genetics and Racial Hygiene: Plans for the Scientific Regulation of Human Heredity in the Czech Lands, 1900–1925 Anthropological Discourse and Eugenics in Interwar Greece Part II: Eugenics and Racial Hygiene in National Contexts Of “Yugoslav Barbarians” and Croatian Gentlemen Scholars: Nationalist Ideology and Racial Anthropology in Interwar Yugoslavia From “Prisoner of War Studies” to Proof of Paternity: Racial Anthropologists and the Measuring of “Others” in Austria German “Race Psychology” and Its Implementation in Central Europe: Egon von Eickstedt and Rudolf Hippius List of Contributors Title Page Part IV: Anti-Semitism, Nationalism and Biopolitics Eugenics and Catholicism in Interwar Austria The First Debates on Eugenics in Hungary, 1910–1918 Volksdeutsche and Racial Anthropology in Interwar Vienna: The “Marienfeld Project” Part I: Ethnography and Racial Anthropology Introduction: Eugenics, Race and Nation in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900–1940: A Historiographic Overview Contents Acknowledgments Copyright Page Cover Back Cover The Politics of Hatred: Scapegoating in Interwar Hungary Racial Politics and Biomedical Totalitarianism in Interwar Europe Tunnel Visions and Mysterious Trees: Modernist Projects of National and Racial Regeneration, 1880–1939 Fallen Women and Necessary Evils: Eugenic Representations of Prostitution in Interwar Romania Central Europe Confronts German Racial Hygiene: Friedrich Hertz, Hugo Iltis and Ignaz Zollschan as Critics of Racial Hygiene Part III: Religion, Public Health and Population Policies “Moses als Eugeniker”? The Reception of Eugenic Ideas in Jewish Medical Circles in Interwar Poland
  • Tunnel Visions and Mysterious Trees: Modernist Projects of National and Racial Regeneration, 1880- 1939 -- Index
  • Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Eugenics, Race and Nation in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900- 1940: A Historiographic Overview -- German "Race Psychology" and Its Implementation in Central Europe: Egon von Eickstedt and Rudolf Hippius -- From "Prisoner of War Studies" to Proof of Paternity: Racial Anthropologists and the Measuring of " Others" in Austria -- Volksdeutsche and Racial Anthropology in Interwar Vienna: The " Marienfeld Project" -- Of "Yugoslav Barbarians" and Croatian Gentlemen Scholars: Nationalist Ideology and Racial Anthropology in Interwar Yugoslavia -- Anthropological Discourse and Eugenics in Interwar Greece -- Eugenics, Social Genetics and Racial Hygiene: Plans for the Scientific Regulation of Human Heredity in the Czech Lands, 1900- 1925 -- Progressivism and Eugenic Thinking in Poland, 1905- 1939 -- The First Debates on Eugenics in Hungary, 1910- 1918 -- Taking Care of the National Body: Eugenic Visions in Interwar Bulgaria, 1905- 1940* -- The Self-Perception of a Small Nation: The Reception of Eugenics in Interwar Estonia -- Central Europe Confronts German Racial Hygiene: Friedrich Hertz, Hugo Iltis and Ignaz Zollschan as Critics of Racial Hygiene -- "Moses als Eugeniker"? The Reception of Eugenic Ideas in Jewish Medical Circles in Interwar Poland -- Eugenics and Catholicism in Interwar Austria -- From Welfare to Selection: Vienna's Public Health Office and the Implementation of Racial Hygiene Policies under the Nazi Regime* -- Fallen Women and Necessary Evils: Eugenic Representations of Prostitution in Interwar Romania -- Culturalist Nationalism and Anti-Semitism in Fin- de- Siècle Romania -- The Politics of Hatred: Scapegoating in Interwar Hungary* -- Racial Politics and Biomedical Totalitarianism in Interwar Europe
  • Paul J. Weindling --
  • Contents --
  • Herwig Czech --
  • Sevasti Trubeta --
  • Monika Löscher --
  • Index
  • Attila Pók --
  • Margit Berner --
  • “Moses als Eugeniker”? The Reception of Eugenic Ideas in Jewish Medical Circles in Interwar Poland
  • The First Debates on Eugenics in Hungary, 1910–1918
  • Ken Kalling --
  • Volksdeutsche and Racial Anthropology in Interwar Vienna: The “Marienfeld Project”
  • Michal Šimůnek --
  • Introduction --
  • Kamila Uzarczyk --
  • Part IV. Anti-Semitism, Nationalism and Biopolitics --
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Eugenics, Social Genetics and Racial Hygiene: Plans for the Scientific Regulation of Human Heredity in the Czech Lands, 1900–1925
  • The Politics of Hatred: Scapegoating in Interwar Hungary
  • Progressivism and Eugenic Thinking in Poland, 1905–1939
  • Of “Yugoslav Barbarians” and Croatian Gentlemen Scholars: Nationalist Ideology and Racial Anthropology in Interwar Yugoslavia
  • Răzvan Pârâianu --
  • Part I. Ethnography and Racial Anthropology --
  • Part II. Eugenics and Racial Hygiene in National Contexts --
  • Anthropological Discourse and Eugenics in Interwar Greece
  • Part III. Religion, Public Health and Population Policies --
  • Rory Yeomans --
  • Central Europe Confronts German Racial Hygiene: Friedrich Hertz, Hugo Iltis and Ignaz Zollschan as Critics of Racial Hygiene
  • Taking Care of the National Body: Eugenic Visions in Interwar Bulgaria, 1905–1940
  • From Welfare to Selection: Vienna’s Public Health Office and the Implementation of Racial Hygiene Policies under the Nazi Regime
  • Maria Bucur --
  • Maria Teschler-Nicola --
  • Christian Promitzer --
  • List of Contributors --
  • The Self-Perception of a Small Nation: The Reception of Eugenics in Interwar Estonia
  • Magdalena Gawin --
  • Roger Griffin --
  • Marius Turda, Paul J. Weindling --
  • Eugenics and Catholicism in Interwar Austria
  • Tunnel Visions and Mysterious Trees: Modernist Projects of National and Racial Regeneration, 1880–1939
  • Aristotle A. Kallis --
  • Marius Turda --
  • From “Prisoner of War Studies” to Proof of Paternity: Racial Anthropologists and the Measuring of “Others” in Austria
  • Frontmatter --
  • Fallen Women and Necessary Evils: Eugenic Representations of Prostitution in Interwar Romania
  • Egbert Klautke --
  • Culturalist Nationalism and Anti-Semitism in Fin-de-Siècle Romania
  • Racial Politics and Biomedical Totalitarianism in Interwar Europe
  • German “Race Psychology” and Its Implementation in Central Europe: Egon von Eickstedt and Rudolf Hippius
  • Eugenics, Race and Nation in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900–1940: A Historiographic Overview