Odvrácená tvář otce egyptské archeologie William Matthew Flinders Petrie a eugenická věda // The Dark Side of the Father of Egyptian Archaeology William Matthew Flinders Petrie and Eugenic Science
The text aims to bring attention of the Czech readers to Petrie's contributions to the eugenics movement in Great Britain. It describes his close association with Francis Galton and his resulting pronounced views on eugenics and shows how Petrie's racist opinions and involvement in eug...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | ces |
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Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Pražské Egyptologické Studie |
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| Online Access: | http://pes.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/01/kamila_tomaskova_89-95.pdf |
| Summary: | The text aims to bring attention of the Czech readers to
Petrie's contributions to the eugenics movement in Great
Britain. It describes his close association with Francis Galton
and his resulting pronounced views on eugenics and shows
how Petrie's racist opinions and involvement in eugenics
influenced hi s work as an archaeologist and historian.
An attempt is made to understand Petrie's views in the
context ofhis times instead of condemning him for hi s appalling
conclusions motivated by his racism and eugenics
beliefs. The text offers a perspective which enables the
readers to consider Petrie's thoughts in relation to the
eugenic movement which was not on ly favoured by many
ofhis contemporaries, but also had many supporters Jong
after Petrie's death.
Any consideration of the influence of past ideologies
and context on Petrie's thinking and research also brings
forward an unanswerable question ofhow much each one
of u s is influenced by the ideologies and the context(s)
prevalent in present times and culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1214-3189 1801-3899 |