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Anhand der antiken Schriftquellen, vor allem aber mit Hilfe von eindrucksvollen, in zahlreichen Abbildungen dokumentierten archäologischen Hinterlassenschaften der Skythen und verwandter Stämme in Sibirien, beschreibt Hermann Parzinger ihre geographischen Ursprünge, ihre territoriale Ausbreitung sowie die Grundzüge ihrer Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Kultur und Religion - und nicht zuletzt die Geschichte ihrer Wiederentdeckung.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-406-50842-4
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
PublisherBeck
Publication countryGermany
Publishing date03/05/2010
Edition3., überarbeitete Auflage
SeriesBeck'sche Reihe
Series no.2342
Pages128 pages
LanguageGerman
Weight128 g
Illustrationsmit 13 Abbildungen und 3 Karten
Article no.1126453
CatalogsVLB
Data source no.1167cebfc20246faa51ff03eaf7e673f
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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Hermann Parzinger, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult., geboren 1959; Studium der Vor- und Frühgeschichte mit Promotion in München, danach Hochschulassistent mit Habilitation ebenfalls in München. Seit März 2008 Präsident der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin, mit ihren Museen, Bibliotheken und Archiven eine der weltweit größten Wissens- und Kultureinrichtungen.

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