Intra-European Racism in Nineteenth-Century Anthropology Export

@article{citeulike:4013109, abstract = {Nowadays the term “racism” is usually applied in the context of relationships between Europeans and non-European “others”. During the nineteenth century scientific ideas about innate human differences were also applied extensively to various European populations. This was partly due to a category confusion whereby nations came to be regarded as biologically distinct. The origins of “scientific” racism were connected with the use of race as an explanation of history, and with the rise of physiognomy and phrenology. The development of “craniology” was paralleled and reinforced by ideological writings about “Nordic” racial superiority. In times of conflict such as the Franco-Prussian war, absurd racial theories emerged and social Darwinist anthropologists connected race and class. Such ideas persisted well into the twentieth century and reached their apogee in Nazism.}, author = {Jahoda, Gustav}, citeulike-article-id = {4013109}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757200802654258}, doi = {10.1080/02757200802654258}, journal = {History and Anthropology}, keywords = {anthroplogy, nationalism, race, racism}, number = {1}, pages = {37--56}, posted-at = {2009-02-05 15:49:36}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Intra-European Racism in Nineteenth-Century Anthropology}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757200802654258}, volume = {20}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4013109 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4013109 N2 - Nowadays the term “racism” is usually applied in the context of relationships between Europeans and non-European “others”. During the nineteenth century scientific ideas about innate human differences were also applied extensively to various European populations. This was partly due to a category confusion whereby nations came to be regarded as biologically distinct. The origins of “scientific” racism were connected with the use of race as an explanation of history, and with the rise of physiognomy and phrenology. The development of “craniology” was paralleled and reinforced by ideological writings about “Nordic” racial superiority. In times of conflict such as the Franco-Prussian war, absurd racial theories emerged and social Darwinist anthropologists connected race and class. Such ideas persisted well into the twentieth century and reached their apogee in Nazism. IS - 1 JF - History and Anthropology EP - 56 TI - Intra-European Racism in Nineteenth-Century Anthropology PB - Routledge VL - 20 SP - 37 KW - anthroplogy KW - nationalism KW - race KW - racism AU - Jahoda, Gustav PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02757200802654258 ER -