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This article discusses convergences between eugenics and the Brazilian pedagogic educational principles in the beginning of the 20th century. The eugenical ideal stated that individual differences were biologically determined and this conception was considered a progressive idea by educators like Fe...
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| author | Gualtieri, Regina Cândida Ellero |
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| description | This article discusses convergences between eugenics and the Brazilian pedagogic educational principles in the beginning of the 20th century. The eugenical ideal stated that individual differences were biologically determined and this conception was considered a progressive idea by educators like Fernando de Azevedo (1894-1974) who belonged to the Eugenics Society of Sao Paulo (1918-1919). In this perspective, every individual was entitled to being educated as well as regenerated according to his abilities and this meant that education wouldn’t be treated as a privilege of the social high classes anymore. Such understanding evokes what Michel Foucault named “biopower” – a way to control an entire population for the sake of protecting the “human species” through norms and regulations that qualify and rank individuals, placing men and women according to their “value and usefulness”. Many of these issues remain as a part of the present educational scenario. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO630022022-03-18T18:32:56Z Educating to regenerate and select. Convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in Brazil Educar para regenerar e selecionar. Convergências entre os ideários eugênico e educacional no Brasil Gualtieri, Regina Cândida Ellero Eugenics Biopower Selection Regeneration Eugenical education Eugenia Biopoder Seleção Regeneração Educação eugênica This article discusses convergences between eugenics and the Brazilian pedagogic educational principles in the beginning of the 20th century. The eugenical ideal stated that individual differences were biologically determined and this conception was considered a progressive idea by educators like Fernando de Azevedo (1894-1974) who belonged to the Eugenics Society of Sao Paulo (1918-1919). In this perspective, every individual was entitled to being educated as well as regenerated according to his abilities and this meant that education wouldn’t be treated as a privilege of the social high classes anymore. Such understanding evokes what Michel Foucault named “biopower” – a way to control an entire population for the sake of protecting the “human species” through norms and regulations that qualify and rank individuals, placing men and women according to their “value and usefulness”. Many of these issues remain as a part of the present educational scenario. O artigo discute algumas convergências entre o pensamento eugenista e o pensamento pedagógico brasileiro do início do século 20. O ideário eugênico incluía a convicção de que diferenças individuais eram biologicamente determinadas e isso foi considerado um avanço por educadores como Fernando de Azevedo (1894-1974), membro da Sociedade Eugênica de São Paulo (1918-1919), pois, nessa perspectiva, todo indivíduo teria o direito a ser educado e regenerado até onde suas “aptidões permitissem”. A educação deixaria de ser privilégio de condição social para constituir “direito biológico”, propiciando a seleção “dos mais bem-sucedidos” e a construção da “hierarquia das capacidades”. Esse entendimento evoca o que Michel Foucault denominou “biopoder” – um modo de tratar os fenômenos coletivos como problema biológico e político – para cuidar do “homem-espécie” e não apenas do indivíduo, garantindo normas capazes de distribuir os indivíduos em um “domínio de valor e utilidade” e instalando mecanismos para qualificar e hierarquizar populações. Muitas dessas questões permanecem no debate educacional contemporâneo. 2008-12-12 2022-03-18T18:32:56Z 2022-03-18T18:32:56Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/1147 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/63002 por https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/1147/933 Copyright (c) 2008 Estudos de Sociologia application/pdf FCL-UNESP Laboratório Editorial Estudos de Sociologia; v. 13 n. 25 (2008) 1982-4718 1414-0144 |
| spellingShingle | Eugenics Biopower Selection Regeneration Eugenical education Eugenia Biopoder Seleção Regeneração Educação eugênica Gualtieri, Regina Cândida Ellero Educating to regenerate and select. Convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in Brazil |
| title | Educating to regenerate and select. Convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in Brazil |
| title_full | Educating to regenerate and select. Convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Educating to regenerate and select. Convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educating to regenerate and select. Convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in Brazil |
| title_short | Educating to regenerate and select. Convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in Brazil |
| title_sort | educating to regenerate and select. convergences between the eugenic and educational principles in brazil |
| topic | Eugenics Biopower Selection Regeneration Eugenical education Eugenia Biopoder Seleção Regeneração Educação eugênica |
| url | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/1147 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/63002 |