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The Kaiser-wilhelm-institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, 1927-1945. Crossing Boundaries.
Hans-Walter Schmuhl
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Hardback. Tracing the history of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, this book pays special attention to the transformation of the research program, the institute's integration into national and international science, and its relationship to the ruling power as well as its interconnection to the political crimes of Nazi Germany. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 884.
From its founding in 1927 until its dissolution in 1945, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Genetics, and Eugenics (KWI-A) in Berlin-Dahlem transgressed many a boundary; indeed, the transgression of boundaries was in a sense its raison d’être from the outset. Initially this applied to the boundaries within the disciplinary canon of the human sciences. Even from its basic conception, the institute, centered around the person of its founding director Eugen Fischer (1874– 1967), was to unify anthropology, genetics, and eugenics under one roof. In ke- ing with the understanding predominant in Germany between the wars, anthropology went beyond ... Read more
From its founding in 1927 until its dissolution in 1945, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Genetics, and Eugenics (KWI-A) in Berlin-Dahlem transgressed many a boundary; indeed, the transgression of boundaries was in a sense its raison d’être from the outset. Initially this applied to the boundaries within the disciplinary canon of the human sciences. Even from its basic conception, the institute, centered around the person of its founding director Eugen Fischer (1874– 1967), was to unify anthropology, genetics, and eugenics under one roof. In ke- ing with the understanding predominant in Germany between the wars, anthropology went beyond ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
468
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402065996
SKU
V9781402065996
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Reviews for The Kaiser-wilhelm-institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, 1927-1945. Crossing Boundaries.
From the reviews: “Schmuhl demonstrates how carefully and completely Fischer’s institute came to be integrated into the Nazi racial hygiene policies … . Schmuhl and other historians have scrutinized carefully the basic research carried out at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology. … this was both high-quality work by the standards of the day, and well-integrated into the racial ... Read more