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The War on the West

How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason
PaperbackPaperback
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-00-849284-7
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
Publishing date02/03/2023
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 195 mm, Height 125 mm, Thickness 23 mm
Weight228 g
Article no.28095727
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A45582935
Product groupBU942
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This is a highly readable and well put together introduction to eugenics's past and to its present. Overall, Rutherford writes engagingly and expertly on a subject that is central to his research and the place where he practises it (UCL, Rutherford's university, was at the forefront of early 20th century eugenics research). For me, the book is most interesting on the state of eugenics thinking today as Rutherford explains and unpacks some of the complicated moral quandaries now faced by the medical profession and parents alike when it comes to things like so-called designer babies. Above all what he brings out is the deep complexity of the science which makes our media-filtered understanding of the topic seem too simplistic for words.
There are just a few occasions (most notably in the historical section) when Rutherford's style can be too chummy and once or twice he could do with defining terms more clearly but overall this is an excellent introdution to a compley and emotive topic

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