Baltic Eugenics - Bio-Politics, Race and Nation in Interwar Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1918-1940 (Hardcover)

The history of eugenics in the Baltic States is largely unknown. The book compares for the first time the eugenic projects of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the related disciplines of racial anthropology and psychiatry, and situates them within the wider European context. Strong ethno-nationalism defined the nation as a biological group, which was fostered by authoritarian regimes established in Lithuania in 1926, and in Estonia and Latvia in 1934. The eugenics projects were designed to establish a nation in biological terms. Their aims were to render the nation ethnically, genetically and racially homogeneous. The main agenda was a non-democratic state that defined its population in biological terms. Eugenic policies were to regenerate the nation and to reconstruct it as a "pure" and "original" race, Such schemes for national regeneration contained strong elements of secular religion.

General

Imprint:	Editions Rodopi B.V.
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	On the Boundary of Two Worlds, 35
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Volume editors:	Bjoern M. Felder • Paul J. Weindling
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-90-420-3722-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	90-420-3722-9
Barcode:	9789042037229

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