Eugenics
Eugenics ( yoo-JEH-niks; from Greek εὐ- 'good' and γενής 'come into being, growing') is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population, historically by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior or promoting those judged to be superior.The concept predates the term; Plato suggested applying the principles of selective breeding to humans around 400 BC. Early advocates of eugenics in the 19th century regarded it as a way of improving groups of people. In contemporary usage, the term eugenics is closely associated with scientific racism and white supremacy. Modern bioethicists …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023 English
This report has been published by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in April 2023. This edition of the yearly publication, the first of which was released in the year 1978, …
early twentieth century shaped the emergence of eugenics, an ideology thought to improve the “quality” …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2014 English
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891-1956), or Babasaheb Ambedkar, was a scholar, social reformer, powerful advocate of the rights of Dalits and women, chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India, and the …
apologists—, or as an early attempt to test the laws of eugenics—as all belonging to the same class of fallacy …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 January 2007 English
This article from the Economic and Political Weekly, a peer-reviewed journal, examines the political motivations that have historically shaped India’s public health services. It says that while the state was …
the 1920s, into a flourishing Indian debate on eugenics [Hodges 2006]. The NPC made no secret of their … Population, p 7]. This was, they insisted, a democratic eugenics: there is “no reason”, they argued, Economic and … self-reliance, concern with poverty, fear of degeneration, eugenics and a good deal of faith; faith in the potential … Culture: Recent Perspectives on the History of Eugenics’, American Historical Review, 103, 2, pp 467-78 … London, pp 250-51. Hodges, Sarah (2006): ‘Indian Eugenics in an Age of Reform’ in S Hodges (ed), Reproductive …
GOI: Government of India · 11 May 1983 English
The Gazette of India Extraordinary Gazette Published by the Directorate of Printing, Department of Publication, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India Published in 1983, Issue Number 294 …
practices, population growth and control. 8. Eugenics (Principles, mechanism of heredity, transmission …
GOI: Government of India · 11 May 1983 Hindi
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tive practices, population growth and control. Eugenics (Principles, mechanism of heredity, transmission …
GOI: Government of India · 9 November 1970 English
The Gazette of India Extraordinary Gazette Published by the Directorate of Printing, Department of Publication, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India Published in 1970, Issue Number 552 …
(i) health (ii) humani- tarianism; and j(iii) eugenics as mentioned in the Statement ol Objects and Reasons …
GOI: Government of India · 9 November 1970 English
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i) health ( ii) humani tarianism ; and ( iii) eugenics as mentioned in the Statement of Objects and …
GOI: Government of India · 9 November 1970 English
Gazette Type: Extra Ordinary Date: 1970-11-09 Ministry: Ministry NOT available Subject: Subject NOT available Gazette Source: URL Gazette ID: E-1453-1970-0045-64401 Download: GV_Content_Detail$ctl10$lnkflname_Pdf_Img
i) health ( ii) humani tarianism ; and ( iii) eugenics as mentioned in the Statement of Objects and …
GOI: Government of India · 9 November 1970 English
The Gazette of India Extraordinary Gazette Published by the Directorate of Printing, Department of Publication, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India Published in 1970, Issue Number 507 …
(i) health (ii) humani- tarianism; and j(iii) eugenics as mentioned in the Statement ol Objects and Reasons …
PDL: Panjab Digital Library · 1 January 1968 English
This tract translated from Punjabi into English makes a fervent appeal to humanity to make every effort to usher in a new millennium of peace and harmony. As the title …
glorious. Let it be for our successors to adopt Eugenics for the creation of this new man. As for us, …
