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1 online resource (x, 197 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in social and political thought ; 6
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Studies in social and political thought ; 6.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-193) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the extremes of Englishness -- Oscar Levy: a Nietzschean vision -- Anthony Mario Ludovici: a 'light-weight Superman' -- Nietzsche and eugenics -- Race and eugenics -- The 'lethal chamber' in eugenic thought -- Conclusion: from 'underman' to 'underclass.' |
| Summary |
Before the First World War there existed an intellectual turmoil in Britain as great as any in Germany, France or Russia, as the debates over Nietzsche and eugenics in the context of early modernism reveal. With the rise of fascism after 1918, these debates became more ideologically driven, with science and vitalist philosophy being hailed in some quarters as saviours from bourgeois decadence, vituperated in others as heralding the onset of barbarism. Breeding Superman looks at several of the leading Nietzscheans and eugenicists, and challenges the long-cherished belief that British intellectu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Influence.
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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. |
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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. |
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Eugenics -- Great Britain -- Public opinion.
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Eugenics. |
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Great Britain. |
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Public opinion. |
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Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Attitudes.
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Intellectuals. |
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Fascism -- Great Britain.
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Fascism. |
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Racism -- Great Britain.
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Racism. |
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Electronic books.
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Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Stone, Dan, 1971- Breeding superman. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2002 0853239878 0853239975 (DLC) 2002437898 (OCoLC)48884697 |
| ISBN |
1417568054 (electronic book) |
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9781417568055 (electronic book) |
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9780853239970 (paperback) |
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0853239975 (paperback) |
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9781846312694 (electronic book) |
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1846312698 (electronic book) |
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9780853239871 |
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0853239878 |
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0853239975 (paperback) |
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