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16) Madison Grant and environmental eugenics

The ‘religion’ of eugenics originated in the UK but Britain never passed a law legalizing involuntary sterilization of those deemed unfit. Instead, the UK exported eugenics around the world via events like the first international eugenics congress of 1912. Countries from Brazil to Japan would introduce eugenic laws, and no country was more aggressive in its eugenic policies than the United States.

Spiritual Eugenics, New Age spirituality, EugenicsJules EvansApril 7, 2022Madison Grant, environmental eugenics, Theodore RooseveltComment

15) The early transhumanists

In this chapter, we will look at how Julian Huxley and his peers developed the religious creed which he would later call Transhumanism, and how their visions of scientific utopia inspired his brother’s humorous novel, Brave New World.

Spiritual Ecology, Spirituality, Spiritual Eugenics, New Age spirituality, EugenicsJules EvansApril 4, 2022Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, transhumanistsComment

14) The Garsington set and the religion of Life Worship

This is the 14th entry in my Spiritual Eugenics project, which looks at the overlap between New Age spirituality and eugenics. For a definition of these terms, an intro to the project, and preceding chapters, go here.

Spiritual Eugenics, Evolution, Eugenics, New Age spiritualityJules EvansMarch 29, 2022Garsington, Julian Huxley, Nietzsche, Life Worship, LawrenceComment

13) The Huxleys and the intellectual aristocracy

This is the latest entry in my Spiritual Eugenics project, which looks at the overlap between New Age spirituality and eugenics. For a definition of these terms, an intro to the project, and preceding chapters, go here.

Spiritual Eugenics, New Age spiritualityJules EvansMarch 27, 2022Thomas Huxley, Noel Annan, Spiritual Eugenics, Aldous Huxley, Brave New WorldComment

11) The dream of creating a mixed super-race

This is the latest entry in my Spiritual Eugenics project, which explores the overlap between eugenics and New Age spirituality. For a definition of those terms, an introduction to the project, and other chapters in it, go here.

Eugenics, Spiritual Eugenics, New Age, New Age spiritualityJules EvansMarch 19, 2022Pascal Beverley Randolph, Jean Toomer, Luther Burbank, Octavia ButlerComment

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