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Mazdaznan, Eugenics and the Future of the “White Race”

Revista brasileira de história, 2023-12, Vol.43 (94), p.101-122 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 0102-0188 ;ISSN: 1806-9347 ;EISSN: 1806-9347 ;DOI: 10.1590/1806-93472023v43n94-07

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  • Title:
    Mazdaznan, Eugenics and the Future of the “White Race”
  • Author: Cleminson, Richard
  • Subjects: Eugenics ; HISTORY ; Life reform ; Mazdaznan ; Race ; Women
  • Is Part Of: Revista brasileira de história, 2023-12, Vol.43 (94), p.101-122
  • Description: ABSTRACT This article examines the reception of eugenic thought among the followers of the Neo-Zoroastrian Mazdaznan movement primarily in North America and Britain, with respect to their ideas on “race”, the role of women in eugenics, and the question of environment versus heredity in eugenic thought. It focuses on the work of Dr. Otoman Zar-Adhust Ha’nish, the movement’s founder, and some of his supporters in the first four decades of the twentieth century. The article argues that Mazdaznan, when explicit about eugenics, held much in common with other “radical” or “life reform” movements of the time. It also examines how Mazdaznan connected with movements that favoured the purification and exaltation of the “white race” as the maximum expression of human and spiritual attainment. Finally, it examines the role of women in the production of this “regenerated” “race” as part of the eugenic project. RESUMO Este artigo examina a recepção do pensamento eugênico nos seguidores do movimento Neo-Zoroastriano, o Mazdaznan, principalmente na América do Norte e na Grã-Bretanha, no que diz respeito à “raça”, ao papel da mulher na eugenia e à relação entre meio ambiente e hereditariedade no pensamento eugênico. Toma como foco o trabalho do Dr. Otoman Zar-Adhust Ha’nish, fundador do movimento, e de alguns de seus seguidores, nas primeiras quatro décadas do século XX. O artigo argumenta que Mazdaznan, no que concerne à eugenia, tinha muito em comum com outros movimentos “radicais” ou de “reforma da vida” em voga na época. Também examina como o Mazdaznan se conecta com movimentos que favorecem a purificação e a exaltação da “raça branca” como expressão máxima da realização humana e espiritual. Finalmente, analisa o papel da mulher na produção desta “raça” “regenerada”, como parte do projeto eugênico.
  • Publisher: Associação Nacional de História - ANPUH
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0102-0188
    ISSN: 1806-9347
    EISSN: 1806-9347
    DOI: 10.1590/1806-93472023v43n94-07
  • Source: SciELO
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