Ploetz, A.

Japanese: Ploetz,A.(英語表記)PloetzA
Ploetz, A.

…Haeckel's view of society, which holds that differences in innate abilities and the struggle for survival are the basis of human society, clearly shows the nihilistic nature of German Social Darwinism. In addition to Haeckel, many other biological social theories have emerged, including the sociologists L. Gumplowicz and G. Ratzenhofer who emphasize the struggle, the eugenic arguments of W. Schallmayer and A. Ploetz, and A. Amon's optimistic view of competitive society. Among them, A. Krupp's prize problem of 1900, "What can we learn from the principles of evolution regarding the development of national domestic policies and their legislation?" is famous as an incident that symbolizes the widespread penetration of this ideology. …

From [Eugenics]

Another strong current of eugenics was in Germany. The book "Fundamentals of Race Hygiene" by Alfred Ploetz (1860-1940), published in 1895, was the starting point of German eugenics. Eugenics is generally believed to be a politically far-right discipline, but in reality this is not necessarily the case, and many socialists and liberal thinkers were interested in it.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ploetz, A." is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生得的能力差と生存闘争が人間社会の基本だとするヘッケルの社会観には,ドイツの社会ダーウィニズムの虚無的な性格がよく表れている。そしてヘッケル以外にも,L.グンプロビチ,ラッツェンホーファーG.Ratzenhoferの闘争を重視する社会学派,シャルマイヤーW.SchallmayerやプレッツA.Ploetzの優生学的主張,A.アモンのような楽天的な競争社会観など,多くの生物学主義的社会理論が輩出した。なかでも1900年の〈国家の国内政策の発展およびその立法に関して,われわれは進化論の原理から何を学ぶか〉というA.クルップの懸賞問題は,この思想の広範な浸透を象徴する事件として有名である。…

【優生学】より

… 優生学のもう一本の太い流れはドイツにあった。1895年に出版されたプレッツAlfred Ploetz(1860‐1940)の《民族衛生学の基本方針》という本がドイツ優生学の出発点である。一般に優生学は政治的極右の学問だと信じられているが,実情は必ずしもそうではなく,多くの社会主義者や自由主義思想家がこれに興味を示した。…

※「Ploetz,A.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Ploceus cucullatus (English spelling) Ploceuscucullatus

>>:  Plot, R. (English spelling) PlotR

Recommend

Contrarian - Gyakubari

In trading, selling when the market is popular and...

Prohibition of flow of land - Ryuchikinshirei

This is a law issued by the Edo Shogunate in April...

Kobayashi Basin

A basin in the southwest of Miyazaki Prefecture, ...

《Furious》 - Furious

… In addition to the Chinese folk music that was ...

Recovery room

Immediately after surgery, patients do not fully w...

Oishi Style Pottery - Oishi Style Pottery

...A site from the final Jomon period in Oishi, O...

Magistrate of Accounts

One of the positions in the Edo Shogunate and var...

khaki

...A brownish-brown color, it was the first prote...

Shinjo [village] - Shinjo

A village in Maniwa County, northern Okayama Prefe...

William IV - William

…In the first half of the 16th century, the eldes...

Spaarne

...Since the end of the 19th century, it has been...

Rutherford, D.

… In the 18th century, the study of gases made re...

Hoatzin (English spelling)

A bird of the Opisthocomidae family of the order L...

Polish Art - Polish Art

In Poland, there is the site of a pile dwelling se...

Mousterian culture

A culture that flourished in Europe during the Mid...