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Author Teicher, Amir, 1978- author.

Title Social Mendelism : genetics and the politics of race in Germany, 1900-1948 / Amir Teicher
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages)
Contents Mendel's laws and their application to humans, 1865-1913 -- Mendelism maturing : from experimental to interpretative framework, 1913-1933 -- Mendelism, purity and national renewal -- Annihilating defective genes : Mendelian consciousness and the sterilization campaign -- Mendelizing racial antisemitism -- Epilogue: Social mendelism beyond the Nazis
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 02, 2020)
Subject Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884 -- Influence
Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884
Eugenics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Mendel's law.
Involuntary sterilization -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Racism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Eugenics
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Involuntary sterilization
Mendel's law
Politics and government
Race relations
Racism
Forced castration.
Castration.
Racism.
Anti-gay violence.
Anti-LGBTQ+ violence.
Germany -- Race relations.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Germany
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019038326
ISBN 9781108583190
1108583199