Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Framing the Research: A Medical Discipline with Holistic Claims -- 1. Tracing the Intellectual and Epistemic Sources of Greek Anthropology -- 2. The Emergence of Anthropological Institutions and Professional Scholarship -- Conclusion to Section I -- Introduction to Section II: Paths for Passing from the Word to Discourse -- 3. Anthropology at the Museum -- 4. Anthropology at the University Chair -- 5. The Greek Anthropological Society -- 6. A ‘Disinterested Science’ in Wartime -- Excursus: Anthropological Conceptions and University Capital -- Introduction to Section III: Terminological Metamorphoses of Fili—Diverse Concepts of Communality -- 7. Race and Greek Ancestry -- 8. The Eugenic Concept of Fili -- Excursus: Fili, Bio-Power and Authoritative Biologism -- 9. Concluding Reflections: The Hidden Legacy of Racial Nationalism -- Appendix -- Sources -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

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Before it became established as an academic discipline, physical anthropology emerged as a contested notion of reference to the cosmological views associated with the Darwinian theory of evolution and its implementation by the natural sciences. However, its subsequent development points to a science which made holistic claims regarding its ability to explore humankind in its entirety and to influence society, with its involvement in politics, as well as racial and eugenic concepts serving as the vehicle for doing so. This book explores the emergence of physical anthropology in the modern Greek state and its development over a period of one century from the viewpoint of the proclaimed intention of its representatives to influence societal developments. The book is the first to subject Greek racial and eugenic discourse to detailed research.