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Unwanted: How Science Decided Who Was Allowed to Be Born, and Why Eugenics Hasn't Died in the 21st Century

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We're used to thinking that eugenics vanished forever in the ruins of the Third Reich, but the frightening truth is that this dangerous doctrine merely changed its name. In his sweeping study, Eric Peterson traces the shocking history of the control of human nature: from ancient utopias to modern-day migrant detention centers. The author tears away the masks of respectable institutions, revealing how American doctors were the first to legalize forced sterilization, providing the ideological foundation for Hitler, and how, after World War II, eugenics cleverly masqueraded as a fight against overpopulation and poverty. This sobering chronicle reveals how those in power, for centuries, attempted to "purify" society, depriving the most vulnerable of their right to a future. A frightening but essential read, it proves that as long as society blindly trusts "scientific" methods to solve social problems, the darkest chapters of history risk repeating themselves.

"The reason I am writing this book is that, although the Third Reich has fallen and will never return, I am not sure that the story of eugenics is over. Eugenics, in other words, may be forgotten, but it has not gone away." (Eric Peterson)
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