The inequality of human races by comte de Arthur Gobineau
"The inequality of human races" by comte de Arthur Gobineau is a racialist work published between 1853 and 1855. This French diplomat's essay argues that race determines world events, dividing humanity into three groups—white, yellow, and black—while claiming white races, particularly Nordic and Germanic peoples, represent humanity's pinnacle. Gobineau contends that civilizations decline through racial mixing, creating an influential early example of scientific racism that shaped racial theories across continents, though his
ideas were often misunderstood and distorted by later movements. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gobineau, Arthur, comte de, 1816-1882 |
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| Author of introduction, etc. | Levy, Oscar, 1867-1946 |
| Translator | Collins, Adrian |
| Uniform Title | Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines. English |
| Title | The inequality of human races |
| Original Publication | United Kingdom: William Heinemann,1915. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_the_Inequality_of_the_Human_Races |
| Credits | Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 52.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | CB: History: History of civilization |
| Subject | Ethnology |
| Subject | Race relations |
| Subject | Race |
| Subject | Civilization -- Philosophy |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 69751 |
| Release Date | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 19, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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