Book · 1988 · Medical
Racial hygiene
Medicine Under the Nazis
Racial hygiene by Proctor, Robert has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 2 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Naomi Wolf (1 episode) and Robert Evans (2 episodes) on Behind the Bastards (2 episodes) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode).
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There's a fantastic book called 'Racial Hygiene,' and of course, the classic 'The Nazi Doctors' makes this point.
Naomi Wolf · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Apr 2023 Listen at 58:27 The best things said about it
And I'm in a quote now from the book racial hygiene medicine under the Nazis in the Third Reich twin studies were lavishly funded as part of an effort to prove that heredity was the key to many human talents and Imperfections.
Why people recommend it
Racial Hygiene by Robert Proctor is a historical examination of medicine and public health policies under the Nazi regime in Germany. Naomi Wolf referenced the book on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast to illustrate the dark historical links connecting Nazi ideology, public health initiatives, and mass extermination programs. In a similar vein, Robert Evans explored the text across episodes of Behind the Bastards, utilizing Proctor's research to explain how the Third Reich lavishly funded twin studies to prove heredity as the root of human talents and imperfections. Furthermore, Evans noted how Robert Proctor detailed the support among many racial hygienists for a form of state socialism, wherein a powerful central government directed social policy toward programs aimed at improving the race. Together, these references highlight the book's value as a rigorous historical document that exposes the complicity of the medical establishment in horrific state-sponsored atrocities. Podcast guests and hosts continually return to this work to remind audiences of how easily scientific frameworks and public health rhetoric can be weaponized by totalitarian regimes to justify systemic discrimination and ultimate destruction.
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Naomi Wolf There's a fantastic book called 'Racial Hygiene,' and of course, the classic 'The Nazi Doctors' makes this… 1
“There's a fantastic book called 'Racial Hygiene,' and of course, the classic 'The Nazi Doctors' makes this point.”
Robert Evans and I'm in a quote now from the book racial hygiene medicine under the Nazis in the Third Reich twin studie… 2
“and I'm in a quote now from the book racial hygiene medicine under the Nazis in the Third Reich twin studies were lavishly funded as part of an effort to prove that heredity was the key to many human talents and Imperfections”
“according to Robert Proctor's book racial hygiene medicine under the Nazis many racial hygienists supported a kind of state socialism whereby a strong central government would direct social policy towards programs to improve the race”