{"product_id":"rhetoric-of-eugenics-in-anglo-american-thought-9780820351803","title":"Rhetoric of Eugenics in Anglo-American Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eRanging in subject from England's poor laws to the Human Genome Project, \u003ci\u003eThe Rhetoric of Eugenics in Anglo-American Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first books to look at the history and development of the eugenics movement in Anglo-American culture. Unlike other works that focus on the movement's historical aberrancies or the claims of its hardline proponents, this study highlights the often unnoticed ways in which the language and ideas of eugenics have permeated democratic discourse. Marouf A. Hasian, Jr. not only examines the attempts of philosophers, scientists, and politicians to balance the rights of the individual against the duties of the state, but also shows how African Americans, Catholics, women, and other communities--dominant and marginalized--have appropriated or confronted the rhetoric of eugenics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHasian contends that \"eugenics\" is an ambiguous term that has allowed people to voice their concerns on a number of social issues--a form of discourse that influences the way ordinary citizens make sense of their material and spiritual world. While biological determinism and social necessity are discussed in the works of Plato, Malthus, and Darwin, among others, with theories ranging from equality for all to natural superiority, it is Galton's observations on \"positive\" and \"negative\" eugenics that have been widely used to justify a variety of social and political projects--including the sterilization and segregation of the unfit, immigration restrictions, marriage regulations, substance abuse, physical and mental testing, and the establishment of health programs that sought to improve \"hygiene.\" Women, African Americans, and other marginalized communities, for instance, have at times lost reproductive rights in the name of \"liberty,\" \"opportunity,\" or \"necessity.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEugenical arguments are more than a creation of pseudo-science or misapplied genetical analysis, Hasian determines; they are also rhetorical fragments, representing the ideologies of multitudes of social actors who, across time, have reconfigured these ideas to legitimize many agendas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10370001\"\u003eMarouf A. Jr. Hasian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820351803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820351806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI016000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Surveys | Modern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC057000\"\u003eDisease \u0026amp; Health Issues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NON\"\u003eNon-Classifiable\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NON000000\"\u003eNon-Classifiable\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAROUF HASIAN JR. is a professor of communications at the University of Utah. His books include \u003ci\u003eForensic Rhetorics and Satellite Surveillance: The Visualization of War Crimes and Human Rights Violations\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRepresenting Ebola: Culture, Law, and Public Discourse about the 2013-2015 West African Ebola Outbreak\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHumanitarian Aid and the Impoverished Rhetoric of Celebrity Advocacy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDrone Warfare and Lawfare in a Post-Heroic Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44339454836973,"sku":"9780820351803","price":46.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_316c5978-ee7a-4eda-90f4-15c6cdb0ac4a.jpg?v=1698253609","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/rhetoric-of-eugenics-in-anglo-american-thought-9780820351803","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}