Education, heredity, and eugenics

the educational project of Octavio Domingues (1926-1932)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/rbhe.v23.2023.e249

Keywords:

eugenics, eugenics education, Octavio Domingues, history of education

Abstract

The professor, geneticist, and director of the periodical Boletim de Eugenia Octavio Domingues (1897-1972) is an intellectual little studied in the field of Education, despite the publication of dozens of articles and books on the subject. From documentary research in dialogue with the specialized bibliography, this article analyzes the publications of Domingues in the Revista de Agricultura from 1926 to 1930, and in the Boletim de Eugenia from 1930 to 1932, explaining the relationship between education, heredity, and eugenics developed in these journals. We conclude that Domingues considered education as the most fruitful means for the formation of eugenics consciousness, structuring an elitist and authoritarian educational project, despite the pro-miscegenation and ‘humanist’ arguments present in his work.

Author Biographies

  • Guilherme Prado Roitberg, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil

    Doutorando em Educação pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) e pesquisador visitante na University of Groningen (RUG, Países Baixos). Mestre em Educação e graduado em História pela Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP).

  • Luiz Roberto Gomes, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil

    Doutor em Filosofia da Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), com estágio pós-doutoral em Ciências da Educação pela Goethe Universität – Frankfurt am Main. Professor Associado do Departamento de Educação e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da UFSCar. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Teoria Crítica e Formação Ético-política (UFSCar-CNPq).

Published

2023-01-16

Issue

Section

Original research

How to Cite

Education, heredity, and eugenics: the educational project of Octavio Domingues (1926-1932). (2023). Revista Brasileira De História Da Educação, 23(1), e249. https://doi.org/10.4025/rbhe.v23.2023.e249