The Swedish Nation in Word and Picture

The Swedish Nation in Word and Picture
Author: H. Lundborg
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2017-10-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780266920793

Excerpt from The Swedish Nation in Word and Picture: Together With Short Summaries of the Contributions by Swedes Within the Fields of Anthropology, Race-Biology, Genetics and Eugenics The question regarding our forefathers' immigration to the North was, 400 years ago, easily responded to, and the answer was very satisfactory: our fores fathers arrived here immediately after the Deluge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Crafting Humans

Crafting Humans
Author: Marius Turda
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3847000594

'Crafting humans' – and its corollary human enhancement – is a contested topic, both in medical sciences and the humanities. With continuing advances in science and technology, scientists and the general public alike are aware that the basic foundations of the human condition are now at stake. This volume contributes to this growing body of work. It offers insights into some of the reflections and imaginaries that have inspired and legitimated both theoretical and practical programmes for 'crafting' humans, ranging from the religious/spiritualist and the philosophical/cultural to the secular and the scientific/scientistic; from the religious and mystical quest for human perfection to the biopolitical eugenic state of the twentieth century, and current theories of human enhancement. This volume discusses these topics in a synchronized way, as interrelated variants of the most central story in history, that of human perfectibility.