Breeding superman : Nietzsche, race and eugenics in Edwardian and interwar Britain /
Stone, Dan, 1971-
Breeding superman : Nietzsche, race and eugenics in Edwardian and interwar Britain / Dan Stone. - 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) - Studies in social and political thought ; 6 . - Studies in social and political thought ; 6. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-193) and index.
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.'
"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 intellectuals were fundamentally uninterested in race. The result is a study of radical ideas which are conventionally written out of histories of the politics and culture of the period"--
9781417568055 (electronic book) 1417568054 (electronic book) 9781846312694 (electronic book) 1846312698 (electronic book) 9781781386224 (electronic book) 1781386226 (electronic book) (hardback) (hardback) (paperback) (paperback)
22573/ctt5p5xcq JSTOR
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 --Influence.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
Eugenics--Public opinion.--Great Britain
Intellectuals--Attitudes.--Great Britain
Fascism--Great Britain.
Racism--Great Britain.
Eugénisme--Opinion publique.--Grande-Bretagne
Intellectuels--Attitudes.--Grande-Bretagne
Fascisme--Grande-Bretagne.
Racisme--Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Fascism & Totalitarianism.
Racism.
Intellectuals--Attitudes.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Eugenics.
Fascism.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ755.5.G7 / S86 2002eb
320.5330941
Breeding superman : Nietzsche, race and eugenics in Edwardian and interwar Britain / Dan Stone. - 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) - Studies in social and political thought ; 6 . - Studies in social and political thought ; 6. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-193) and index.
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.'
"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 intellectuals were fundamentally uninterested in race. The result is a study of radical ideas which are conventionally written out of histories of the politics and culture of the period"--
9781417568055 (electronic book) 1417568054 (electronic book) 9781846312694 (electronic book) 1846312698 (electronic book) 9781781386224 (electronic book) 1781386226 (electronic book) (hardback) (hardback) (paperback) (paperback)
22573/ctt5p5xcq JSTOR
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 --Influence.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
Eugenics--Public opinion.--Great Britain
Intellectuals--Attitudes.--Great Britain
Fascism--Great Britain.
Racism--Great Britain.
Eugénisme--Opinion publique.--Grande-Bretagne
Intellectuels--Attitudes.--Grande-Bretagne
Fascisme--Grande-Bretagne.
Racisme--Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Fascism & Totalitarianism.
Racism.
Intellectuals--Attitudes.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Eugenics.
Fascism.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ755.5.G7 / S86 2002eb
320.5330941