'La raza entra por la boca’: nutrición y eugenesia en Colombia, 1890-1940

Translated title of the contribution: Race enters through the mouth': nutrition and eugenics in Colombia, 1890-1940.

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Abstract

If at the end of the 18th century the German philosopher Immanuel Kant systematized the idea that humanity could be divided and hierarchized according to its capacity for enlightenment, leadership and emancipation on a chromatic scale on the top of which was the white race and below it the yellow, black and red races respectively....
Translated title of the contributionRace enters through the mouth': nutrition and eugenics in Colombia, 1890-1940.
Original languageSpanish (Colombia)
Title of host publicationRecorridos de la historia cultural en Colombia
EditorsHernando Cepeda, Sebastián Vargas
PublisherUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
Pages396-435
Number of pages39
ISBN (Electronic)978-958-794-031-2
ISBN (Print)978-958-794-030-5
StatePublished - Jun 2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • History and Philosophy of Science

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