The Inequality of Human Races (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Arthur Gobineau

 
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Synopsis

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Under the stress of the present misfortunes, we frequently hear that all our previous opinions need revision, that we have to forget many things and to learn afresh still more, that we must try to build up our civilization on a safer basis, that we must reconsider and te-construct the values received from former ages. It is therefore our duty, I think, to turn back to those prophets who accused our forefathers of being on the road to destruction, all the more SO as these prophets were likewise true poets who tried as such to point out the right road, endeavouring to remedy, as far as their insight went, the evil of their time. This is the best, and I trust a perfectly Satisfactory, reason for the translation of The Inequality of Human Races.

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Joseph Arthur, Comte de Gobineau (1816-1882) was a French aristocrat, novelist and early ethnologist who set the academic standard for the development of racial science.

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