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What is it? | == '''What is it?''' == | ||
*A social movement that came around in the early 20th century. | |||
*Selective breeding | |||
**Aims to improve a species | |||
*Survival of the fittest/Darwinism | |||
*Genetic Cleansing | |||
*Radical supremacy and purity | |||
*Improving the human race by discouraging reproduction by people with inheritable undesired traits or encouraging reproduction of people with inheritable desired traits | |||
Who? | == '''Who?''' == | ||
*Francis Galton was considered the father of the Eugenics movement | |||
*He founded the word “eugenics” in 1865 | |||
*3 stages of eugenics | |||
**Academic matter | |||
**Practical policy | |||
**“it must be introduced into the national consciousness as a new religion”- Galton (www.eugenics-watch.com) | |||
*“Eugenics is the science which deals with all influences that improve and develop the inborn qualities of a race”-Galton (eugenics: its definition scope and aim) | |||
Why founded? | == '''Why founded?''' == | ||
*After civil war | |||
*Progressive era | |||
*US | |||
**Took hold because of what was going on socially | |||
*Britain wanted to remain competitive with the US. | |||
**US closes borders then so does Britain | |||
**Wanted the most “fit” people working to be competitive | |||
== '''Britain and US''' == | |||
*Fundamentally they both defined eugenics in the same way and had a similar goal of creating the most “fit” society. | |||
*Galton influenced both | |||
*Both ended with Nazi era | |||
*“the eugenics movements in Britain and America may be interpreted as middle class attempts at self-assertion, through a command of allegedly scientific expertise, in societies undergoing rapid industrial change” (7) | |||
*Differences | |||
**Movement took a different shape in both countries | |||
**US | |||
*** Politically driven | |||
**Britain | |||
***Socially Driven | |||
***Scientific | |||
Latest revision as of 16:53, 2 December 2009
What is it?
- A social movement that came around in the early 20th century.
- Selective breeding
- Aims to improve a species
- Survival of the fittest/Darwinism
- Genetic Cleansing
- Radical supremacy and purity
- Improving the human race by discouraging reproduction by people with inheritable undesired traits or encouraging reproduction of people with inheritable desired traits
Who?
- Francis Galton was considered the father of the Eugenics movement
- He founded the word “eugenics” in 1865
- 3 stages of eugenics
- Academic matter
- Practical policy
- “it must be introduced into the national consciousness as a new religion”- Galton (www.eugenics-watch.com)
- “Eugenics is the science which deals with all influences that improve and develop the inborn qualities of a race”-Galton (eugenics: its definition scope and aim)
Why founded?
- After civil war
- Progressive era
- US
- Took hold because of what was going on socially
- Britain wanted to remain competitive with the US.
- US closes borders then so does Britain
- Wanted the most “fit” people working to be competitive
Britain and US
- Fundamentally they both defined eugenics in the same way and had a similar goal of creating the most “fit” society.
- Galton influenced both
- Both ended with Nazi era
- “the eugenics movements in Britain and America may be interpreted as middle class attempts at self-assertion, through a command of allegedly scientific expertise, in societies undergoing rapid industrial change” (7)
- Differences
- Movement took a different shape in both countries
- US
- Politically driven
- Britain
- Socially Driven
- Scientific
