This book addresses a research gap in the study of eugenics in
fictional literature: the analysis of the nexus of eugenics and
genetics in 21st-century novels, detached from their authors'
ideological beliefs. It is based on an understanding of literature
as an interdiscourse in Jurgen Link's sense. The study employs
categories developed by Rabinow and Rose in the context of
Foucault's concept of "biopower." It thereby demonstrates that,
though officially fallen from grace in light of the Nazi atrocities
committed in the name of racial hygiene, eugenic ideas remain
surprisingly resilient in the sciences as well as in fiction. Thus,
the nexus between eugenics and genetics continues to serve as an
important force in the structuring of scientific and contemporary
popular (inter-)discourses.
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