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Havelock Ellis, eugenicist.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18534349     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article examines the contributions made towards eugenic thought in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Havelock Ellis (1859-1939). Ellis was a significant social reformer who worked on the problems of sexuality from a scientific-naturalist secular perspective. In the later phases of his work, after he had completed much of his writing on sexuality, Ellis concentrated on issues of feminism and eugenics--problems he thought were interlinked. In this paper, I integrate his ideas about these subjects, and consider the ways in which Ellis and other liberal social reformers created a 'eugenic subject' in order to frame their arguments about social problems.
Authors:
Ivan Crozier
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article     Date:  2008-05-16
Journal Detail:
Title:  Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences     Volume:  39     ISSN:  1369-8486     ISO Abbreviation:  Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci     Publication Date:  2008 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-06-06     Completed Date:  2008-11-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9810965     Medline TA:  Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  187-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh, 21 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LN, UK. ivan.crozier@ed.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Eugenics / history*
Feminism / history
Great Britain
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Philosophy / history*
Politics*
Sex Education / history
Sexuality / history*
Personal Name Subject
Personal Name Subject:
Havelock Ellis

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