ABSTRACT
Modern eugenics, the science of biologically improving the human race, influenced the international politics of the human body in the early twentieth century. Eugenics emerged in the context of an increasing emphasis on progressivism, scientism, nationalism and racism. Its advocates believed that eugenics could guide social progress and national development, and serve to increase economic, military and governmental efficiency. In the economic and political tumult of the early twentieth century, many nation states adhere to eugenics to aid in their survival.
