In Search of the Perfect Romanian

National Specificity, Racial Degeneration, and Social Selection in Modern Romania
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-90-485-7360-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 709 g

Reihe: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine

This book is the first comprehensive overview of debates about national character and race in modern Romania. It also argues that the Holocaust in Romania should be understood as the result not just of anti-Semitism but also of biopolitical nationalism. Finally, the book suggests that the eugenic ideal of the ‘perfect’ Romanian did not disappear at the end of the Second World War, but was embedded in the socialist definitions of the ‘new man/woman’ emerging under communism.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turda, Marius

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Images Preface to the English Edition 1. Introduction 2. Ethnic Nationalism 3. The Degeneration of the Race 4. Biopolitics, Anthropology and Serology 5. Stigma and Eugenic Sterilisation 6. The Roma and Romanian Blood 7. About Heredity, but without Eugenics 8. Conclusions Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marius Turda is Professor in 20th Century Central and Eastern European Biomedicine and Director of the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University.