Blood and Homeland: Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900-1940 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789637326813)

The history of eugenics and racial nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe is a neglected topic of analysis in contemporary scholarship. The 20 essays in this volume, written by distinguished scholars of eugenics and fascism alongside a new generation of scholars, excavate the hitherto unknown eugenics movements in Central and Southeast Europe, including Austria and Germany.

Eugenics and racial nationalism are topics that have constantly been marginalized and rated as incompatible with local national traditions in Central and Southeast Europe. These topics receive a new treatment here. On the one hand, the historiographic perspective connects developments in the history of anthropology and eugenics with political ideologies such as racial nationalism and anti-Semitism; on the other hand, it contests the 'Sonderweg' approach adopted by scholars dealing with these issues.

Author: Marius Turda
ISBN-10: 9637326812
ISBN-13: 9789637326813
Publisher: Central European University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 478
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.34w x 1.00d