The inequality of human races by Arthur De Gobineau

About this eBook

Author

Gobineau, Arthur, comte de, 1816-1882

Title

The inequality of human races

Original Publication

United Kingdom: William Heinemann,1915.

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)

Language

English

LoC Class

CB: History: History of civilization

Subject

Civilization -- Philosophy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69751

Release Date

January 9, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE INEQUALITY OF HUMAN RACES
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION TO GOBINEAU’S “INEQUALITY OF HUMAN RACES”
4. 4.FROM THE AUTHOR’S DEDICATION (1854) [2] TO HIS MAJESTY GEORGE V, KING OF HANOVER — CHAPTER I THE MORTAL DISEASE OF CIVILIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES PROCEEDS FROM GENERAL CAUSES COMMON TO THEM ALL
5. 5.CHAPTER II FANATICISM, LUXURY, CORRUPTION OF MORALS, AND IRRELIGION DO NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO THE FALL OF SOCIETIES
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE RELATIVE MERIT OF GOVERNMENTS HAS NO INFLUENCE ON THE LENGTH OF A NATION’S LIFE
7. 7.CHAPTER IV THE MEANING OF THE WORD “DEGENERATION”; THE MIXTURE OF RACIAL ELEMENTS; HOW SOCIETIES ARE FORMED AND BROKEN UP
8. 8.CHAPTER V RACIAL INEQUALITY IS NOT THE RESULT OF INSTITUTIONS
9. 9.CHAPTER VI NATIONS, WHETHER PROGRESSING OR STAGNATING, ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE REGIONS IN WHICH THEY LIVE
10. 10.CHAPTER VII CHRISTIANITY NEITHER CREATES NOR CHANGES THE CAPACITY FOR CIVILIZATION
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII DEFINITION OF THE WORD “CIVILIZATION”; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS A TWOFOLD ORIGIN
12. 12.CHAPTER IX DEFINITION OF THE WORD “CIVILIZATION” ( continued ); DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF CIVILIZED SOCIETIES; OUR CIVILIZATION IS NOT SUPERIOR TO THOSE WHICH HAVE GONE BEFORE
13. 13.CHAPTER X SOME ANTHROPOLOGISTS REGARD MAN AS HAVING A MULTIPLE ORIGIN [47]
14. 14.CHAPTER XI RACIAL DIFFERENCES ARE PERMANENT
15. 15.CHAPTER XII HOW THE RACES WERE PHYSIOLOGICALLY SEPARATED, AND THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES FORMED BY THEIR INTER-MIXTURE. THEY ARE UNEQUAL IN STRENGTH AND BEAUTY
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII THE HUMAN RACES ARE INTELLECTUALLY UNEQUAL; MANKIND IS NOT CAPABLE OF INFINITE PROGRESS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV PROOF OF THE INTELLECTUAL INEQUALITY OF RACES ( continued ). DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS ARE MUTUALLY REPULSIVE. HYBRID RACES HAVE EQUALLY HYBRID CIVILIZATIONS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE UNEQUAL, AND CORRESPOND PERFECTLY IN RELATIVE MERIT TO THE RACES THAT USE THEM
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI RECAPITULATION; THE RESPECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THREE GREAT RACES; THE SUPERIORITY OF THE WHITE TYPE, AND, WITHIN THIS TYPE, OF THE ARYAN FAMILY
20. 20.INDEX

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