Social engineering and Racial health. Eugenic theories in the Progressive Era.
Journal title PASSATO E PRESENTE
Author/s Giovanni Borgognone
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/90
Language Italian Pages 23 P. 61-83 File size 150 KB
DOI 10.3280/PASS2013-090004
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The success of eugenics in the Usa, a nation that prides itself on its tradition ofindividualism and personal freedom, requires an adequate explanation. The aim ofthis article is to show how eugenic theories that flourishedin the late nineteenth andearly twentieth century derived from the technocratic political culture of theProgressive Era. Eugenics, in other words, was part of the projects of socialengineering and social planning that many American progressives consideredessential for the management and betterment of modern industrial society. In thisperspective, leading progressive intellectuals saw eugenics as a genuine branch ofsocial science and eugenic policies as an indispensable tool in the quest for socialcontrol.
Keywords: Eugenics, Usa, Progressive Era, social darwinism, race, social science,social engineering, technocracy
Giovanni Borgognone, Ingegneria sociale e salute razziale. Le teorie eugenetiche della Progressive Era statunitense in "PASSATO E PRESENTE" 90/2013, pp 61-83, DOI: 10.3280/PASS2013-090004