Amir Teicher's guest appearances

Amir Teicher

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Rosner's Domain

Nadav Eyal

Simcha Rothman

Shaul Magid

Brandon Scott

Alexander Hamilton

Abraham Riesman

Mark Oppenheimer

Angela Buchdahl

Christian Zionism

Seth Rogen

Benjamin Netanyahu

Shimon Peres

Etgar Keret

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Yiscah Smith

OwlTail

We all want to be the best we can be. And of course, we want to surround ourselves with the best of the best. But this seemingly positive motive has led some people to say and do some pretty horrific things throughout history. The Greek Philosopher Plato suggested selective mating to breed a higher class of humans. In Sparta, a council of elders inspected every child to determine if he or she was fit to live. In early ancient Rome, fathers were expected to immediately kill their child if they were disabled in any way.But it’s not just ancient history. In the 19th and 20th century a new system of beliefs began to emerge - Eugenics. The idea that through selective breeding we can improve the genetic make-up of the human race. Sound familiar? But where did Eugenic thought originate? Professor Amir Teicher discusses exactly that in his new book, “Social Mendelism: Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900-1948” Professor Teicher is an assistant professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv. His research is focused on Germany, eugenics, the development of modern biological thinking, racism and antisemitism, and the history of medicine.We are super thrilled to be joined today by Professor Amir Teicher to talk about his new book and the history of Eugenics.

We all want to be the best we can be. And of course, we want to surround ourselves with the best of the best. But this seemingly positive motive has led some people to say and do some pretty horrific things throughout history. The Greek Philosopher Plato suggested selective mating to breed a higher class of humans. In Sparta, a council of elders inspected every child to determine if he or she was fit to live. In early ancient Rome, fathers were expected to immediately kill their child if they were disabled in any way. But it’s not just ancient history. In the 19th and 20th century a new system of beliefs began to emerge - Eugenics. The idea that through selective breeding we can improve the genetic make-up of the human race. Sound familiar? But where did Eugenic thought originate? Professor Amir Teicher discusses exactly that in his new book, “Social Mendelism: Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900-1948” Professor Teicher is an assistant professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv. His research is focused on Germany, eugenics, the development of modern biological thinking, racism and antisemitism, and the history of medicine. We are super thrilled to be joined today by Professor Amir Teicher to talk about his new book and the history of Eugenics.

#190 - Genetics and Nazism (Prof. Amir Teicher)

On a special episode commemorating the Israeli Holocaust memorial day, Dr. Amir Teicher and Shmuel Rosner discuss the genetical reasoning that the Nazis had for antisemitism, how it relates to science today and much more. Dr. Amir Teicher is an assistant professor of history at Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on German eugenics, the development of modern biological thinking, racism and antisemitism. He is currently a fellow in the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism. He was also a visiting fellow at the Center for Research of Antisemitism (ZfA), TU Berlin and a guest professor at the Chair of Science Studies, ETH Zurich.   Follow Shmuel Rosner on Twitter.

On a special episode commemorating the Israeli Holocaust memorial day, Dr. Amir Teicher and Shmuel Rosner discuss the genetical reasoning that the Nazis had for antisemitism, how it relates to science today and much more. Dr. Amir Teicher is an assistant professor of history at Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on German eugenics, the development of modern biological thinking, racism and antisemitism. He is currently a fellow in the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism. He was also a visiting fellow at the Center for Research of Antisemitism (ZfA), TU Berlin and a guest professor at the Chair of Science Studies, ETH Zurich. Follow Shmuel Rosner on <a href="https://jjpn.studio/ShmuelRosnerTwitter" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.

Dr. Amir Teicher: The scientific darkness behind The Holocaust