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An Image of God
Sharon M. Leon
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Description for An Image of God
Hardcover. Examines the efforts of American Catholics to thwart eugenic policies, illuminating the ways in which Catholic thought transformed the public conversation about individual rights, the role of the state, and the intersections of race, community, and family. This title deals with the history of religion, science, politics, and human rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRCC7; HRCX6; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
In the first half of the twentieth century, supporters of the eugenics movement offered an image of a racially transformed America by curtailing the reproduction of "unfit" members of society. Through institutionalization, compulsory sterilization, the restriction of immigration and marriages, and other methods, eugenicists promised to improve the population - a policy agenda that was embraced by many leading intellectuals and public figures. But Catholic activists and thinkers across the United States opposed many of these measures, asserting that "every man, even a lunatic, is an image of God, not a mere animal." In "An Image of God", Sharon M. ... Read more
In the first half of the twentieth century, supporters of the eugenics movement offered an image of a racially transformed America by curtailing the reproduction of "unfit" members of society. Through institutionalization, compulsory sterilization, the restriction of immigration and marriages, and other methods, eugenicists promised to improve the population - a policy agenda that was embraced by many leading intellectuals and public figures. But Catholic activists and thinkers across the United States opposed many of these measures, asserting that "every man, even a lunatic, is an image of God, not a mere animal." In "An Image of God", Sharon M. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226038988
SKU
V9780226038988
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About Sharon M. Leon
Sharon M. Leon is director of public projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and research associate professor of history at George Mason University.
Reviews for An Image of God
"Passionately argued, engagingly written, and based on extensive research, An Image of God will be essential reading for historians of eugenics and students of Catholic activism in the United States. With this book, Sharon M. Leon fills a huge gap in the scholarly literature." (Molly Ladd-Taylor, York University)"