Social Eugenics of XIX and XX Centuries in Historical and Philosophical Context

• Authors: Sahaj T.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article, is aimed at presenting the main conceptions of eugenics movement and its social consequences. 'Improvements of societies' were often executed at the expense of individuals or the whole social groups which were considered inferior species. Thousands of people were sterilized (e. g. in the USA) or eliminated (as in fascist Germany). That is why the word 'eugenics' arouses negative feelings nowadays. Unexpectedly however, eugenics is again in favour in a completely new social context.

Keywords

EN

EUGENICS

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Piotr Marciszuk Publishers 'STENTOR' and Printing House Elanders
• Journal: Archiwum Historii Filozofii i Mysli Spolecznej (Archives of the History of Philosophy and of Social Thought)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 50-51
• Pages: 277-294
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sahaj T.

• T. Sahaj,

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03116427