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Serenity, self-regard and the genetic sequence: Social psychiatry and preventive eugenics in Britain, 1930s-1950s

Swanson, Gillian

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Abstract

The completion of this peer reviewed journal article was supported by AHRC Research Leave funding and constitutes the first study to situate C. P. Blacker's realignment of the Eugenics Society in the 1940s and 1950s in terms of the convergence of psychology and eugenics, and to recognise the influence of the (under-researched) work of William McDougall on Blacker's eugenic thought.

Citation

Swanson, G. (2006). Serenity, self-regard and the genetic sequence: Social psychiatry and preventive eugenics in Britain, 1930s-1950s. New Formations: A Journal of Culture, Theory, Politics, 60, 50-65

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2006
Journal New Formations
Print ISSN 0950-2378
Publisher Lawrence and Wishart
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 60
Pages 50-65
Keywords social psychiatry, eugenics
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1035143
Publisher URL http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/journals/newformations/issue/nf60.html