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| Title |
Selling eugenics: the case of Sweden
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Notes & Records of the Royal Society, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.2010.0009 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maria Björkman, Sven Widmalm |
| Abstract |
This paper traces the early (1910s to 1920s) development of Swedish eugenics through a study of the social network that promoted it. The eugenics network consisted mainly of academics from a variety of disciplines, but with medicine and biology dominating; connections with German scientists who would later shape Nazi biopolitics were strong. The paper shows how the network used political lobbying (for example, using contacts with academically accomplished MPs) and various media strategies to gain scientific and political support for their cause, where a major goal was the creation of a eugenics institute (which opened in 1922). It also outlines the eugenic vision of the institute's first director, Herman Lundborg. In effect the network, and in particular Lundborg, promoted the view that politics should be guided by eugenics and by a genetically superior elite. The selling of eugenics in Sweden is an example of the co-production of science and social order. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 213 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 7% |
| Brazil | 7 | 3% |
| Germany | 7 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 3% |
| Australia | 5 | 2% |
| France | 5 | 2% |
| Spain | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 28 | 13% |
| Unknown | 110 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 200 | 94% |
| Scientists | 7 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 34 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 31 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 12% |
| Researcher | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 7 | 21% |
| Unknown | 8 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 10 | 29% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 9% |
| Engineering | 2 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 15% |
| Unknown | 8 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 169. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2023.
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#244,398
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Outputs from Notes & Records of the Royal Society
#10
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#585
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Outputs of similar age from Notes & Records of the Royal Society
#1
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