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Issues of biopolitics of reproduction in post-war Greece.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences ( IF 0.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-16 , DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101276
Alexandra Barmpouti

The Greek biopolitics of reproduction during the post-war period was determined by the demographic figures. Instead of a rise in births, Greece experienced a constant downward trajectory of the birth rate throughout the second half of the twentieth century. The country also witnessed population instability due to the massive immigration in the 1960s and the wave of repatriation in the next decade. The article explores the state's biopolitics in order to achieve demographic equilibrium by adopting a pronatalist perspective. The construction of biopolitics was influenced by the consecutive wars of the first half of the century resulting in the denial of any means suspected of reducing the birth rate, such as contraception and abortion. In parallel, the article investigates the attempts of a group of eugenicists to impose to the state authorities their own views on reproduction control. The key debates were birth control and abortion because these issues of reproduction were entangled with major social fermentations caused by urbanization, modernization, eugenics, and feminism. The Constitution of 1974 was instrumental in changing the biopolitics of reproduction by introducing equal rights to men and women. It provoked a series of legal transformations with regard to marriage, family, and reproduction.



中文翻译:

战后希腊的生殖生物政治问题。

战后时期希腊的生殖生物政治是由人口统计数字决定的。在20世纪下半叶,希腊的出生率一直没有下降,反而没有上升。由于1960年代的大规模移民和下一个十年的遣返潮,该国还见证了人口不稳定。这篇文章探讨了该州的生物政治,以通过采用一个前辈主义者的观点来实现人口均衡。生物政治的建设受到本世纪上半叶连续战争的影响,导致拒绝采取任何可能降低出生率的手段,例如避孕和堕胎。在平行下,本文调查了一群优生论者试图将自己对生殖控制的观点强加给国家当局的尝试。关键的辩论是节育和堕胎,因为这些繁殖问题与城市化,现代化,优生学和女权主义引起的主要社会发酵纠缠不清。1974年《宪法》通过引入男女平等权利,在改变生殖生物政治方面发挥了重要作用。它引发了关于婚姻,家庭和生育的一系列法律转变。1974年《宪法》通过引入男女平等权利,在改变生殖生物政治方面发挥了重要作用。它引发了关于婚姻,家庭和生育的一系列法律转变。1974年《宪法》通过引入男女平等权利,在改变生殖生物政治方面发挥了重要作用。它引发了关于婚姻,家庭和生育的一系列法律转变。

更新日期:2020-09-16
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