Breeding superman : Nietzsche, race and eugenics in Edwardian and interwar Britain / Dan Stone.

Publication | Library Call Number: HQ755.5.G7 S86 2002

Series: Studies in social and political thought ; 6
Studies in social and political thought ; 6.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Stone, Dan, 1971-
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2002
Locale: Great Britain
Language: English
External Link: Electronic version Hosted by ProQuest

Physical Description: x, 197 p. ; 24 cm.
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.'
ISBN: 0853239878
9780853239871
0853239975 (pbk.)
9780853239970 (pbk.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.'
Subjects: Eugenics--Great Britain--Public opinion.
Intellectuals--Great Britain--Attitudes.
Fascism--Great Britain.
Racism--Great Britain.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm,--1844-1900--Influence.
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