Vacher de Lapouge and the Rise of Nazi Science

@article{Hecht2000VacherDL,
  title={Vacher de Lapouge and the Rise of Nazi Science},
  author={Jennifer Michael Hecht},
  journal={Journal of the History of Ideas},
  year={2000},
  volume={61},
  pages={285 - 304}
}
  • J. Hecht
  • Published 2000
  • Philosophy
  • Journal of the History of Ideas
Soulignant l'existence d'une tradition anti-moraliste dans l'histoire de la Shoah, l'A. met en evidence la critique contre la morale adressee depuis la fin du XIX e siecle par l'anthropologie materialiste representee par le Francais G. Vacher de Lapouge, inventeur de l'anthroposociologie. Mesurant l'influence de la theorie raciale francaise sur le developpement du racisme nazi a travers l'oeuvre de H. Gunter, l'A. entreprend une reevaluation de l'ideologie a la lumiere des travaux scientifiques… Expand
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