Social Mendelism - Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 19001948

Zusatztext 'Amir Teicher's lucid study demonstrates that! similar to the way in which Darwin's work gave rise to Social Darwinism! the research method based on Gregor Mendel's experiments became transformed into a general interpretive framework - which Teicher calls 'Social Mendelism' - that exerted a powerful influence on the German biosciences in the first half of the twentieth century.' Richard F. Wetzell! German Historical Institute Washington Informationen zum Autor Amir Teicher is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Tel-Aviv University. Klappentext Will revolutionize reader's understanding of the principles of modern genetics, Nazi racial policies and the relationship between them. Zusammenfassung In this ground-breaking study! Amir Teicher explores the ways genetics informed Nazi racial and eugenic policies! presenting a new paradigm for understanding links between genetics and racism! and between biological and social thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Mendel's laws and their application to humans, 1865-1913; 2. Mendelism maturing: from experimental to interpretative framework, 1913-1933; 3. Mendelism, purity and national renewal; 4. Annihilating defective genes: Mendelian consciousness and the sterilization campaign; 5. Mendelizing racial antisemitism; Epilogue: social Mendelism beyond the Nazis.

Product details

• Authors: Amir Teicher, Amir (Tel-Aviv University) Teicher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108499491
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49949-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Science in History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Germany, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Fascism & Nazism, History of Science, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Genetics (non-medical), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909