TY  - BOOK
AU  - Durst,Dennis L.
TI  - Eugenics and Protestant social reform: hereditary science and religion in America 1860-1940 
SN  - 9781532605789
AV  - HQ751 .D877 2017eb
U1  - 363.92 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Eugene, Or.
PB  - Pickwick Publications
KW  - Eugenics
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Sterilization (Birth control)
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Social Darwinism
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Eugénisme
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - Stérilisation (Régulation des naissances)
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Éthique médicale
KW  - Darwinisme social
KW  - Religion et sciences
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - aat
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Sexual sterilization
KW  - homoit
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Degeneration theory and eugenics discourse -- Theories of heredity and the rise of eugenics -- "Stigmata of degeneration" : the religious rhetoric of eugenics -- Eugenic family studies, science, and religion -- The degenerate mind and hereditary mental defect -- Epilepsy and eugenics in scientific and religious perspective -- From sinful to criminal : the making of hereditary criminality -- Drink and the degeneration of the germ plasm -- Degeneration and the race question -- Theologians, hereditary sin, and eugenics -- Conclusion : the quest for good births
N2  - The eugenics movement prior to the Second World War gave voice to the desire of many social reformers to promote good births and prevent bad births. Two sources of cultural authority in this period, science and religion, often found common cause in the promotion of eugenics. The rhetoric of biology and theology blended in strange ways through a common framework known as degeneration theory. Degeneration, a core concept of the eugenics movement, served as a key conceptual nexus between theological and scientific reflection on heredity among Protestant intellectuals and social reformers in the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. Elite efforts at social control of the allegedly "unfit" took the form of negative eugenics. This included marriage restrictions and even sterilization for many who were identified as having a suspect heredity. Speculations on heredity were deployed in identifying the feeble-minded, hereditary criminals, hereditary alcoholics, and racial minorities as presumed hindrances to the progress of civilization. A few social reformers trained in biology, anthropology, criminology, and theology eventually raised objections to the eugenics movement. Still, many thousands of citizens on the margins were labeled as defectives and suffered human rights violations during this turbulent time of social change. --
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