A STRANGE NOTION OF SCIENCE: REPERCUSSIONS OF EUGENIC THOUGHT IN BRAZIL

This article intends to study the process of the stablishment of european racial doctrines in 19th century and specially of the assuming of eugenic thought in Brazil in the 20th century. Based on Francis Galton’s ideas, the psychiatrist Renato Khel founded Sociedade Eugênica de São Paulo in 1918...

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Main Author: Carlos Alberto Cunha Miranda
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 2009-06-01
Series:Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24165/19607