G. K. Chesterton
Eugenics and Other Evils: On Socialism, Science and the Creation of a Master Race
During the first three decades of the twentieth century, eugenics, the scientific control of human breeding, was a popular cause within enlightened and progressive segments of the English-speaking world. The New York Times eagerly supported it, gushing about the wonderful "new science." Prominent scientists, such as the plant biologist Luther Burbank, were among its most enthusiastic supporters. And the Carnegie and Rockefeller foundations generously funded eugenic research intended to distinguish the 'fit' from the 'unfit.’
This prophetic volume counters the intellectual nihilism of Nietzsche, while simultaneously rebuking Western notions of progress—biological or otherwise. Chesterton expands his criticism of eugenics into what he calls “a more general criticism of the modern craze for scientific officialism and strict social organization.”
Table of Contents
TO THE READER
PART I
Chapter I What Is Eugenics?
Chapter II The First Obstacles
Chapter III The Anarchy From Above
Chapter IV The Lunatic and the Law
Chapter V The Flying Authority
Chapter VI The Unanswered Challenge
Chapter VII The Established Church Of Doubt
Chapter VIII A Summary Of A False Theory
PART II
THE REAL AIM
Chapter I The Impotence Of Impenitence
Chapter II True History of a Tramp Chapter III True History of a Eugenist
Chapter IV The Vengeance of the Flesh
Chapter V The Meanness of the Motive
Chapter VI The Eclipse of Liberty
Chapter VII The Transformation of Socialism
Chapter VIII The End of the Household Gods
Chapter IX A Short Chapter
- ISBN
- 1495454207 / 9781495454202
- Pages
- 146
- Weight
- 9.9 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.3 in.
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