The Religion of Life - Eugenics, Race, and Catholicism in Chile

Shows How Catholicism Played a Central Role in the Development of a Scientific Understanding of Race, National Identity, and Human Difference in Chile

About the author

Sarah Walsh is the Hansen Lecturer in Global History at the University of Melbourne. She specializes in the history of the human sciences in Latin America with an emphasis on race and ethnicity.

Summary

Examines the interconnections and relationship between Catholicism and eugenics in early-twentieth-century Chile.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Walsh
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780822946649
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4664-9
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous