An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races

244 Pages·1955·8.541 MB·English

by  Arthur de Gobineau

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THE INEQUALITY
OF HUMAN RACES
THE RENAISSANCE
ByARTHUR,COUNT GOBINEAU.
With an Introductory Essay on Count
Gobineau'sLife-WorkbyDr.OscarLevy.
OneVol., Demy8vo,Illustrated 10snet
THE YOUNG NIETZSCHE
By FRAU FORSTER NIETZSCHE.
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THE LONELY NIETZSCHE
By FRAU FORSTER NIETZSCHE.
One Volume, Royal 8vo. Price 15s net
NIETZSCHE
By GEORGE BRANDES
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LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN
:
THE INEQUALITY
HUMAN
RACES
OF
ARTHUR DE GOBINEAU
BY
TRANSLATED BY ADRIAN COLLINS, M.A.
INTRODUCTION BY DR. OSCAR LEVY, EDITOR OF THE
AUTHORISED ENGLISH VERSION OF NIETZSCHE'S WORKS
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WILLIAM HEINEMANN
LONDON MCMXV
London William Heinemann 1915
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGB
INTRODUCTION
vii
FROM THE AUTHOR'S DEDICATION xi
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
xvii
I. THE MORTAL DISEASE OF CIVILIZATIONS AND
SOCIETIES PROCEEDS FROM GENERAL CAUSES
COMMON TO THEM ALL
i
II. FANATICISM, LUXURY, CORRUPTION OF MORALS,
AND IRRELIGION DO NOT NECESSARILY LEAD
TO THE FALL OF SOCIETIES
7
III. THE RELATIVE MERIT OF GOVERNMENTS HAS NO
INFLUENCE ON THE LENGTH OFA NATION'S LIFE 19
IV. THE MEANING OF THE WORD " DEGENERATION "
THE MIXTURE OF RACIAL ELEMENTS; HOW;
SOCIETIES ARE FORMED AND BROKEN UP
23
V. RACIAL INEQUALITY IS NOT THE RESULT OF IN-
STITUTIONS
36
VI. NATIONS.WHETHERPROGRESSINGORSTAGNATING
ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE REGIONS IN WHICH
THEYLIVE
S4
VII. CHRISTIANITY NEITHER CREATES NOR CHANGES
THE CAPACITY FOR CIVILIZATION
63
VIII. DEFINITION OF THE WORD **CIVILIZATION "
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS A TWO-FOLD ORIGIN;
77
IX. DEFINITION OF THE WORD "CIVILIZATION " (con-
tinued); DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF CIVI-
LIZED SOCIETIES; OUR CIVILIZATION IS NOT
SUPERIORTOTHOSEWHICHHAVEGONEBEFORE 89
X. SOME ANTHROPOLOGISTS REGARD MAN AS HAVING
A MULTIPLE ORIGIN 106
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CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
XI. RACIAL DIFFERENCES ARE PERMANENT 117
XII. HOW THE RACES WERE PHYSIOLOGICALLY SEPA-
RATED,ANDTHEDIFFERENTVARIETIESFORMED
BY THEIR INTER-MIXTURE. THEY ARE UN-
EQUAL IN STRENGTH AND BEAUTY 141
XIII THE HUMAN RACES ARE INTELLECTUALLY UN-
EQUAL MANKIND IS NOT CAPABLE OF INFINITE
;
PROGRESS 154
•
XIV. PROOF OF THE INTELLECTUAL INEQUALITY OF
RACES {continued). DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS
ARE MUTUALLY REPULSIVE; HYBRID RACES
HAVE EQUALLY HYBRID CIVILIZATIONS 168
XV. THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE UNEQUAL, AND
CORRESPOND PERFECTLY IN RELATIVE MERIT
TO THE RACES THAT USE THEM 182
XVI. RECAPITULATION THE RESPECTIVE CHARAC-
j
TERISTICS OF THE THREE GREAT RACES THE
, SUPERIORITY OF THE WHITE TYPE, AND, W; ITH-
IN THIS TYPE, OF THE ARYAN FAMILY 205