Cleminson, Richard
Anarchism, Science and Sex

Eugenics in Eastern Spain, 1900-1937.

This study examines the reception of the controversial science of eugenics in Catalan and Valencian anarchist reviews in the early twentieth century, setting anarchist discourse on sexuality, theories of degeneration, inheritance and disease in the context of anarchism’s own ideological framework, European sexology and eugenics itself. Drawing on a detailed analysis of the reviews Salud y Fuerza, Generación Consciente and Estudios, the author suggests that some anarchists’ acceptance of eugenic science was predicated upon their enthusiasm for science as ‘objective knowledge’ and ‘scientia’ as a form of cultural ascendancy vital to their revolutionary project. 287 Seiten, broschiert (Peter Lang Verlag 2000) Mängelexemplar/near mint