2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Historical Study on the Relation between the Eugenics Movement in Japan and the Education and Social Welfare for the People with Disabilities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	14510300
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	Nagasaki University
Principal Investigator	HIRATA Katsumasa Nagasaki University, faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (10218779)
Project Period (FY)	2002 – 2004
Keywords	eugenics / eugenics movement / race hygiene / sterilization / isolation / eugenical marriage / special education / social welfare for person with disabilities
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to examine the infuluence of "eugenics" on the existense, life, and education of the people with disabilities before world war II in Japan. The main table of contents is as follows : 1)the formative process of eugenics movement in Japan (through the analysis of "Dainippon Eugenics Society") ; 2)the chracters of infuluence of "eugenics" on the journals of medicine,psychology, education and social well fare in japan ; 3)the infuluence of "eugenics" on the protection and education for the people with intellectual disabilities and the eugenic sterilization of "mental deficiency" in japan ; 4)the heritage of anti-eugenics thought in the field of education for the people with intellectual disabilities (through the analysis of Kei Yosida's articles)

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