{"id":26849,"title":"Francis Galton, Essays in Eugenics","dimensions":"12 x 18.3 x 1.2 cm","date_begin":"1909-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":48,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Monoculture Eugenics","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eFrancis Galton, \u003cem\u003eEssays in Eugenics\u003c/em\u003e, 1909\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by Eugenics Education Society\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":23,"permalink":"essays-in-eugenics","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/063/136/medium_500/2020_Monoculture_Photo_M_HKA_cc_10_Eugenics.jpg?1602750200","cached_actor_names":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/063/136/large/2020_Monoculture_Photo_M_HKA_cc_10_Eugenics.jpg?1602750200","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA, Published by Eugenics Education Society First Edition","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Galton, \u003cem\u003eEssays in Eugenics\u003c/em\u003e, 1909\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by Eugenics Education Society\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nCollection M HKA, Antwerp\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nSir Francis Galton (1822-1911) was an English psychometrist, geneticist, and the father of the eugenics movement. He introduced the very term eugenics and laid the foundations for a movement that would develop in the following decades. Inspired by the theory of evolution by natural selection introduced by his half-cousin, Charles Darwin, he dedicated his studies to the improvement of the human race. Galton was convinced that eugenics studies could replace Darwinian \u0026lsquo;natural selection\u0026rsquo; with more effective processes. The book is one of the early publications by The Eugenics Education Society founded in Great Britain in 1907, where Galton would serve as the society\u0026#39;s first president. \u003cem\u003eEssays in Eugenics\u003c/em\u003e is a chronological collection of lectures and texts (written between 1901 and 1908) in which Galton sets out his views on the methods and objectives of eugenics. The book testifies to Galton\u0026rsquo;s strong belief in heredity of social and mental traits. He also promoted further exploration of the inherited differences between social classes, advocated marriage restrictions and potential segregation of \u0026#39;the unfit\u0026#39; as a means to prevent \u0026#39;the degeneration of genetic potential\u0026#39;, and pays much attention to the popularisation of eugenics and its potential to take over the role of religion.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;The practice of Eugenics has already obtained a considerable hold on popular estimation, and is steadily acquiring the status of a practical question, and not that of a mere vision of Utopia.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u0026mdash; Francis Galton\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Galton, \u003cem\u003eEssays in Eugenics\u003c/em\u003e, 1909\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by Eugenics Education Society\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nCollection M HKA, Antwerp\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nSir Francis Galton (1822-1911) was een Engelse psychometrist, geneticus en vader van de eugenetiek. Hij introduceerde de term eugenetica en legde de basis voor een beweging die zich de volgende decennia verder zou ontwikkelen. Hij was ge\u0026iuml;nspireerd door de theorie van evolutie via natuurlijke selectie van zijn halfneef Charles Darwin, en wijdde zijn studies aan de verbetering van het menselijk ras. Galton was ervan overtuigd dat dankzij eugenetica-onderzoek natuurlijke selectie vervangen kon worden door effici\u0026euml;ntere processen. \u003cem\u003eEssays in Eugenics\u003c/em\u003e is een van de eerste publicaties van The Eugenics Education Society, die werd opgericht in Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; in 1907 en waarvan Galton de eerste voorzitter was. Het is een chronologische verzameling van lezingen en teksten, geschreven tussen 1901 en 1908, waarin Galton zijn visie geeft op de methoden en doelstellingen van de eugenetica. Het boek getuigt van Galtons diepe overtuiging dat sociale en mentale eigenschappen erfelijk worden doorgegeven. Hij onderzocht de overge\u0026euml;rfde verschillen tussen sociale klassen, pleitte voor huwelijksbeperkingen en mogelijke segregatie van \u0026#39;de ongeschikten\u0026#39; (the unfit) als middel om \u0026#39;de degeneratie van het genetisch potentieel\u0026#39; te voorkomen, en besteedde veel aandacht aan de popularisering van eugenetica. Volgens hem bezat eugenetica het potentieel om de rol van religie over te nemen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u0026quot;De eugenetiek is al enorm in aanzien gestegen bij de bevolking en verkrijgt gestaag de status van een praktische vraagstuk, niet van een louter utopisch visioen.\u0026quot;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u0026mdash; Francis Galton\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Galton, \u003cem\u003eEssays in Eugenics\u003c/em\u003e, 1909\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by Eugenics Education Society\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nCollection M HKA, Antwerp\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}