Prohibition and Eugenics: Implicit Religions that Failed

The study of implicit religion has typically examined more recent belief systems with contemporary followers. It is also illuminating to study historic implicit religion that failed. Two of the leading such implicit religions are the alcohol prohibition movement and the eugenics movement. For the fo...

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Auteur principal: Nelson, Robert H. 1944- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Equinox [2016]
Dans: Implicit religion
Année: 2016, Volume: 19, Numéro: 2, Pages: 307-335
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Prohibition / Eugénisme / Société / Amélioration / Religiosité
Sujets non-standardisés:B Prohibition
B alcohol prohibition
B Religious Institutions
B Alcoholism Religious aspects
B Eugenics
B Implicit Religion
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Résumé:The study of implicit religion has typically examined more recent belief systems with contemporary followers. It is also illuminating to study historic implicit religion that failed. Two of the leading such implicit religions are the alcohol prohibition movement and the eugenics movement. For the former, its faithful saw the elimination of alcohol from society as a way of saving the world. For the latter, the elimination of "defective" genes from society would have equally profound consequences. This paper studies the histories of prohibition and eugenics from the perspective of implicit religion.
ISSN:1743-1697
Contient:Enthalten in: Implicit religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/imre.30841