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1 Eugenesia y medicalización del crimen a inicios del siglo XX en Uruguay1 This article is the result of the research project "A medicalização do crime no Brasil e Uruguay: uma indagação genealogica" [ AbstractThe article analyzes the relationship between eugenics and medicalization of crime in Uruguay between the end of the 19 th century and the first three decades of the 20 th century. The perspective adopted starts from the consideration of the conversion of crime and other socially problematic behaviors in a psychiatric matter, as part of broader processes of biopolitical management of social life in urban contexts. In that sense, some peculiarities of the Uruguayan case are examined concerning the relationship between eugenics and medicalization of crime, standing out the inexpressive allusion to the racial factor and the extreme importance attributed to the "social addictions" and, in particular, to the alcohol consumption as a reproductive and criminogenic element susceptible to put at risk the composition and quality of the population. Keywords: Medicalization; Eugenics; Alcoholism; Crime. Correspondence ResumenEl artículo analiza las relaciones entre eugenesia y medicalización del crimen en Uruguay hacia fines del siglo XIX y primeras tres décadas del siglo XX. La perspectiva adoptada parte de la consideración de la conversión del crimen y de otros comportamientos socialmente problemáticos en objeto de la medicina psiquiátrica como parte de procesos más amplios de gestión biopolítica de la vida social en contextos urbanos. En ese sentido, se examinan algunas peculiaridades del caso uruguayo en lo que concierne a las relaciones entre eugenesia y medicalización del crimen, destacándose la inexpresiva alusión al factor racial y a la importancia superlativa atribuida a los «vicios sociales» y, en particular, al consumo de alcohol como elemento disgenésico y criminogénico susceptible de poner en riesgo la composición y calidad de la población.
1 Eugenesia y medicalización del crimen a inicios del siglo XX en Uruguay1 This article is the result of the research project "A medicalização do crime no Brasil e Uruguay: uma indagação genealogica" [ AbstractThe article analyzes the relationship between eugenics and medicalization of crime in Uruguay between the end of the 19 th century and the first three decades of the 20 th century. The perspective adopted starts from the consideration of the conversion of crime and other socially problematic behaviors in a psychiatric matter, as part of broader processes of biopolitical management of social life in urban contexts. In that sense, some peculiarities of the Uruguayan case are examined concerning the relationship between eugenics and medicalization of crime, standing out the inexpressive allusion to the racial factor and the extreme importance attributed to the "social addictions" and, in particular, to the alcohol consumption as a reproductive and criminogenic element susceptible to put at risk the composition and quality of the population. Keywords: Medicalization; Eugenics; Alcoholism; Crime. Correspondence ResumenEl artículo analiza las relaciones entre eugenesia y medicalización del crimen en Uruguay hacia fines del siglo XIX y primeras tres décadas del siglo XX. La perspectiva adoptada parte de la consideración de la conversión del crimen y de otros comportamientos socialmente problemáticos en objeto de la medicina psiquiátrica como parte de procesos más amplios de gestión biopolítica de la vida social en contextos urbanos. En ese sentido, se examinan algunas peculiaridades del caso uruguayo en lo que concierne a las relaciones entre eugenesia y medicalización del crimen, destacándose la inexpresiva alusión al factor racial y a la importancia superlativa atribuida a los «vicios sociales» y, en particular, al consumo de alcohol como elemento disgenésico y criminogénico susceptible de poner en riesgo la composición y calidad de la población.
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