Comments on the idea of progress in the writings of the physician Renato Kehl

• Grant number: 13/13005-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: November 01, 2013
• End date: October 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: André Mota
• Grantee: Tamara Prior
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The term "eugenics" was coined by Francis Galton in 1883 to appoint a science aimed at improving the biological heritage of humanity. Therefore, should offer theories and methods toward physical and mental perfectibility. Renato Kehl (1889-1974), brazilian physician and pharmacist, was one of the main exponents of Brazilian eugenics, taking for himself the task of publicist and organizer of eugenic societies that were formed in the early decades of the twentieth century. Some ideas about the notion of progress versus decay contained in his works in favor of the eugenics movement - mostly published between 1917 and 1940-are treated in this project. They were part of the campaign eugenic Brazilian debates about the sterilization of unwanted marriage and immigration restrictions. In this context, the eugenics movement was presented by its advocates as a solution against the inevitable and alarming decay that affected the nation. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PRIOR, Tamara. Heredity, progress and decay through the medical and eugenic thoughts of Renato Kehl. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) São Paulo.