Some of my best friends and favorite colleagues suggest frequently that eugenics lays just behind the surface of many contemporary movements. I’m wondering if there is a best piece that lays out this idea/history. What do you think?
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And I really like the work of Diane Paul, esp. on the slipperiness of the term "eugenics" (which can be over-applied to "all sketchy human genetics stuff" in an un-helpful way).
Specific cite I have in mind: Diane B. Paul, “Eugenic anxieties, social realities, and political choices,” in Carl F. Cranor, ed., Are Genes Us? The Social Consequences of the New Genetics (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1994): 142-154.
