![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Deeply steeped in contemporary genetics, CONTROL offers a vital account of one of the defining – and most destructive – ideas of the twentieth century. In the Victorian era eugenics, a full-blooded attempt to impose control over unruly biology. ![]() But these ideas are not merely historical: today, with new gene editing techniques, conversations are happening about tinkering with the DNA of our unborn children to make them smarter, fitter, stronger. be cheap enough to assign as a required text. layout a basic and linguistically accessible history of eugenics suitable for a first- and second-year undergraduate audience and B. In the Victorian era eugenics, a full-blooded attempt to impose control over unruly biology, began to grow among the powerful and quickly spread to dozens of countries around the world. I read Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics last year when I was in search of a text that would A. Throughout history, people have sought to reduce suffering, eliminate disease and enhance desirable qualities in their children. Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past?ĭid eugenics work? Could it work? Or was it always a pseudoscientific fantasy? How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? ![]()
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