2008/05/19 by Bernhard Kuechenhoff · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Psychology · #Medical History and Research #Reproductive Health and Technologies #Eugenics #Psychoanalysis #Psychology #Sight #Sociology #Law #Political science
paper · doi:10.1177/0957154x07080660
openalex publication_date 2008/05/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Until the end of the 20th century Forel (1848-1931) was seen as an important neuroanatomist, a fighter against alcoholism, a researcher on ants and the author of Die sexuelle Frage. Forel's racist and eugenic views have been forgotten. Without losing sight of his merits, this article focuses on his attitude to eugenics, and will show that eugenic thinking--based on his main principles--permeated his work.