Anarchism and Eugenics: An Unlikely Convergence, 1890-1940
Richard Cleminson
Abstract
This book focuses on the apparently surprising convergence between anarchism and eugenics. By tracing the reception of eugenic ideas within five different anarchist movements –Argentina, England, France, Portugal and Spain – the book argues that, in fact, there is ample evidence for anarchist interest in, and implementation of, some form of eugenics. The author argues that this intersection between anarchism and eugenics can be understood as an emanation from anarchism’s nineteenth-century legacy, which harnessed science as a means to change the social world and an ideological commitment to vo ... More
Keywords: Anarchism, Eugenics, Neo-Malthusianism, Science
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 | Print ISBN-13: 9781526124463 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: January 2020 | DOI:10.7765/9781526124463 |
