Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Autor Adam Rutherforden Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 feb 2023
În volumul Control, Adam Rutherford propune o examinare riguroasă și necesară a eugenismului, structurată ca o demontare metodologică a modului în care puterea politică a încercat să dicteze biologia umană. Structura materialului urmărește cronologic transformarea ideilor lui Darwin despre evoluție în politici de control social, pornind din saloanele epocii victoriene și culminând cu atrocitățile de la Auschwitz. Autorul nu se limitează la o simplă trecere în revistă a trecutului, ci analizează cum limbajul și temele eugeniste persistă în cultura actuală, oferind un cadru critic pentru noile tehnologii de editare genetică. Descoperim aici o perspectivă tehnică, dar accesibilă, asupra interfeței dintre selecția artificială și structura societății.
Această lucrare acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum volumul Eugenics de Philippa Levine, dar cu o abordare mult mai ancorată în genetica modernă și în riscurile prezentului tehnologic. În timp ce alte titluri similare se concentrează pe istoria socială, Rutherford folosește expertiza sa de genetician pentru a demasca fundamentul științific eronat al acestor mișcări. Reținem că acest titlu continuă misiunea începută de autor în How to Argue With a Racist, unde demonta pseudostiința rasială, și completează viziunea antropologică din The Book of Humans (tradusă ca Cartea oamenilor). Dacă în lucrările anterioare Rutherford explora ce ne face unici ca specie, în Control el avertizează asupra pericolelor care apar atunci când acea unicitate devine obiectul unei inginerii sociale forțate.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1474622399
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Colecția W&N
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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De ce să citești această carte
Această carte este esențială pentru cei care doresc să înțeleagă riscurile etice ale biotehnologiei moderne prin prisma istoriei. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă clară asupra modului în care știința poate fi deturnată în scopuri ideologice. Este o lectură obligatorie pentru studenții la biologie, sociologie sau etică, oferind argumente solide împotriva determinismului genetic simplist și a noilor forme de pseudostiință care reapar în discursul public actual.
Despre autor
Adam Rutherford este un genetician britanic de renume, doctor în genetică la University College London și editor în cadrul prestigioasei reviste Nature. Este cunoscut publicului larg ca scriitor și prezentator pentru BBC, unde realizează emisiuni de popularizare a științei precum „Inside Science”. Cariera sa îmbină cercetarea academică cu jurnalismul științific de înaltă calitate, fiind autorul mai multor volume de succes, printre care „A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived”. Expertiza sa în studiul genomului uman îi permite să abordeze subiecte complexe precum rasa, eugenismul și evoluția dintr-o perspectivă factuală și echilibrată.
Descriere
Throughout history, people have sought to improve society by reducing suffering, eliminating disease or enhancing desirable qualities in their children. But this wish goes hand in hand with the desire to impose control over who can marry, who can procreate and who is permitted to live. In the Victorian era, in the shadow of Darwin's ideas about evolution, a new full-blooded attempt to impose control over our unruly biology began to grow in the clubs, salons and offices of the powerful. It was enshrined in a political movement that bastardised science, and for sixty years enjoyed bipartisan and huge popular support.
Eugenics was vigorously embraced in dozens of countries. It was also a cornerstone of Nazi ideology, and forged a path that led directly to the gates of Auschwitz. But the underlying ideas are not merely historical. The legacy of eugenics persists in our language and literature, from the words 'moron' and 'imbecile' to the themes of some of our greatest works of culture. Today, with new gene editing techniques, very real conversations are happening - including in the heart of British government - about tinkering with the DNA of our unborn children, to make them smarter, fitter, stronger.
CONTROL tells the story of attempts by the powerful throughout history to dictate reproduction and regulate the interface of breeding and society. It is an urgently needed examination that unpicks one of the defining and most destructive ideas of the twentieth century. To know this history is to inoculate ourselves against its being repeated.
Recenzii
A short, sharp, illuminating overview of the science, politics, uses and abuses of human gene editing
Weighty and serious but accessible and perfectly pitched. The scholarship is astounding
A clear-sighted look at the past and present dangers of eugenics. Rutherford tells [the story] with great concision and with clarity, both scientific and moral. [He] condenses tricky concepts into smart and often witty prose, combining erudition with humility . . . honest, informed and humane
Breathtakingly brilliant and dark, a popular science book that doesn't talk down to you.
CONTROL is persuasive, sensible and ultimately reassuring, but it is not complacent . . . To know history is "to inoculate ourselves against its being repeated", Rutherford argues. From that perspective, this book is a shot worth having
Genetics has attracted brilliant, visionary scientists. It has attracted racists and charlatans. CONTROL skilfully weaves together these two strands of the discipline's history
There are many involving arguments, historical surprises, detailed case studies and amiable jokes in this book, and you'll finish it with renewed respect for, and interest in, what real scientists do
[Rutherford's] scientific demolition of the eugenic project is brilliantly illuminating and compelling. His book will be indispensable for anyone who wants to assess the wild claims and counter-claims surrounding new genetic technologies
Discussions around the idea of population control are increasingly resurfacing. CONTROL's strength is that it provides not only much-needed guidance for these conversations by reminding us of the horrors of the past, but also uses scientific evidence to dismantle the viability of these ideas
Rutherford's swift, well-written account of these fascinating scientific and moral issues is well worth a read
Rutherford sharply undermines the old trope that science is detached from politics, showing that to stand on the shoulders of giants is no barrier to recognising their flaws and fetishes. A vital warning from both history and science of the quiet horrors that can ensue if society becomes overconfident in its ability to 'improve' the population. Smart and surprisingly entertaining
Rutherford presents a profoundly sensible take on the complexities of history . . . an important book
Fizzy and pugnacious . . . brilliant . . . A fierce and funny broadside against eugenics and its admirers
Rutherford takes us on a journey that encompasses both the history of eugenics and its current-day practice . . . an
insightful and compelling study
Few are as well-qualified to perform the necessary demolition [of eugenics] as Adam Rutherford
Insightful and compelling
An important book . . . It might be true, as Rutherford claims, that "eugenics is a busted flush, a pseudoscience that cannot deliver on its promise", but this book is a reminder of why we must remain vigilant
An insightful and compelling look into the story of eugenics, showing how its legacies are still prevalent in language and literature today. It's a hard one to put down . . . Rutherford makes it easy to digest
From Victorian polymaths to Nazi breeding programmes, Rutherford traces the history of eugenics with punch and brio - but his book really shines when it takes aim at contemporary pseudoscience.
Notă biografică
Dr Adam Rutherford is a scientist, writer and broadcaster. He has written and presented award-winning series and programmes for the BBC, including Radio 4's Inside Science and The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry with Dr Hannah Fry. He is the author of Creation, shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Prize, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Book of Humans, the Sunday Times bestselling How to Argue With a Racist and the co-author of Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged).