{"id":26850,"title":"G.K. Chesterton, Eugenics and Other Evils","dimensions":"14.5 x 20.7 x 3.6 cm","date_begin":"1922-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":220,"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 Eugenetica","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":19,"permalink":"eugenics-and-other-evils","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/063/134/medium_500/2020_Monoculture_Photo_M_HKA_cc_10_Eugenics2.jpg?1602749289","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/000/063/134/large/2020_Monoculture_Photo_M_HKA_cc_10_Eugenics2.jpg?1602749289","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA, Published by Cassel and Company","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.K. Chesterton,\u003cem\u003e Eugenics and Other Evils\u003c/em\u003e, 1922\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by Cassel and Company\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nCollection M HKA, Antwerp\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eChesterton was an English writer, a Christian apologist, and staunch opponent of eugenics, engaged in both political debate and public action. His book is a significant, but rare example of anti-eugenic essays circulating at that time in Britain. Chesterton attacked eugenics just as Britain was moving towards passing eugenics legislation against the \u0026#39;feeble-minded\u0026#39;. He predicted the abuse of eugenics and believed that it would be used as means of suppression of the poor. Even though Chesterton was accused of irrationality because of his ideas, the book had a considerable influence on British parliament. \u003cem\u003eThe Mental Deficiency Act\u003c/em\u003e, which considered the institutional treatment of people deemed to be \u0026#39;feeble-minded\u0026#39; was passed in 1913, but the subsequent calls to amend the bill with legislation to sterilise such persons, never gained popularity. Despite the fact that the movement of eugenics was founded in Britain, the eugenics legislation as it was introduced in the United States and later in Germany was never passed in Britain.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.K. Chesterton,\u003cem\u003e Eugenics and Other Evils\u003c/em\u003e, 1922\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by Cassel and Company\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nCollection M HKA, Antwerp\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nChesterton was een Engelse schrijver, een christelijke apologeet en een fervent tegenstander van eugenetica. Hij was geengageerde in zowel het politieke debat en het publiek activisme. Zijn boek is een belangrijk maar zeldzaam voorbeeld van de anti-eugenetische essays die in die tijd in Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; circuleerden. Chesterton viel de eugenetica aan op het moment dat Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; op weg was naar de invoering van een eugenetische wetgeving tegen \u0026#39;zwakzinnigen\u0026#39; (feeble-minded). Hij voorspelde dat de eugenetica misbruikt zou worden en ingezet als middel om de armen te onderdrukken. Hoewel Chesterton vanwege zijn idee\u0026euml;n als irrationeel werd weggezet, had het boek toch een aanzienlijke invloed op het Britse parlement. Zo werd in 1913 de Mental Deficiency Act, die de institutionele behandeling op het oog had van mensen die als \u0026#39;zwakzinnig\u0026#39; werden beschouwd, aangenomen. Maar de daaropvolgende oproepen om het wetsvoorstel te wijzigen en er een verplichte sterilisatie in op te nemen, sloegen nooit in. Ondanks het feit dat de eugenetische beweging in Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; ontstond, werd eugenetica-wetgeving zoals die in de Verenigde Staten, en later in Duitsland, nooit doorgevoerd in Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#000066\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.K. 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