Clémence-Auguste Royer and the rise of aryan ideology

Date issued

2015

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Západočeská univerzita v Plzni

Abstract

The contribution of Clémence-Auguste Royer, the first translator of the Origin of Species into French, to the emergence of social Darwinism is discussed and critically evaluated. Clémence-Auguste Royer used the theory of natural selection for challenging of modern liberal democracy and stressing the crucial role of “Aryan aristocracy” in the history of humankind. This aspect of her work has been largely neglected by historians of science.

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Royer, Clémence-Auguste, Darwin, Charles, sociální darwinismus, přirozený výběr, lidská rasa, árijská rasa, rasismus

Citation

West Bohemian Historical Review. 2015, no. 1, p. 15-27.
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