Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-165) and index.
Contents
Prelude to modernity -- Theorising the other : the emergence of a discourse on race in sixteenth-century Spain -- Genealogies of race -- The French Revolution and early critics of modernity : the legacy of Maistre -- Racial theories of history : the legacy of Gobineau -- Darwinism and social darwinism : the legacy of Galton -- Crowd theories : the legacy of Lebon -- The new science of anthroposociology and eugenics : the legacy of Vacher de Lapouge -- The idea of revolutionary violence : the legacy of Sorel -- The origins of Nazi ideology.
