Social Mendelism

Who was the scientific progenitor of eugenic thought? Amir Teicher challenges the preoccupation with Darwin''s eugenic legacy by uncovering the extent to which Gregor Mendel''s theory of heredity became crucial in the formation - and radicalization - of eugenic ideas. Through a compelling analysis of the entrenchment of genetic thinking in the social and political policies in Germany between 1900 ...