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Control: the dark history and troubling present of eugenics
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Published:
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2023.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First American edition.
ISBN:
9781324035602, 1324035609
Status:
EVLD Avon Public Library
363.9209 RUT
Description

"How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Inspired by Darwin's ideas about evolution, the concept of race purification through eugenics arose in Victorian England and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents, funded by Gilded Age monopolists, and enshrined into racist American laws that became the ideological cornerstone of the Third Reich. Despite this horrific legacy, eugenics looms large today, suffusing our language and culture and echoing uneasily in discussions of modern gene editing techniques. In Control, Adam Rutherford presents "a remarkable combination of intelligence, knowledge, insight and admirable political passion, on a serious moral problem in contemporary society." (Carlo Rovelli). With disarming wit and scientific precision, he traces its intellectual origins and confronts the recurring question of whether eugenics could actually work. Control explains why eugenics remains so tempting to powerful people who wish to improve society through reproductive control, and the scientific impossibility of doing so"--

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Physical Desc:
xiii, 266 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Inspired by Darwin's ideas about evolution, the concept of race purification through eugenics arose in Victorian England and quickly spread to America, where it was embraced by presidents, funded by Gilded Age monopolists, and enshrined into racist American laws that became the ideological cornerstone of the Third Reich. Despite this horrific legacy, eugenics looms large today, suffusing our language and culture and echoing uneasily in discussions of modern gene editing techniques. In Control, Adam Rutherford presents "a remarkable combination of intelligence, knowledge, insight and admirable political passion, on a serious moral problem in contemporary society." (Carlo Rovelli). With disarming wit and scientific precision, he traces its intellectual origins and confronts the recurring question of whether eugenics could actually work. Control explains why eugenics remains so tempting to powerful people who wish to improve society through reproductive control, and the scientific impossibility of doing so"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Rutherford, A. (2023). Control: the dark history and troubling present of eugenics. First American edition. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Rutherford, Adam. 2023. Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Rutherford, Adam, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2023.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Rutherford, Adam. Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics. First American edition. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2023.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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