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Arthur de Gobineau (1816–1882)

Author of The Inequality of Human Races

76+ Works 445 Members 9 Reviews

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Series

Works by Arthur de Gobineau

The Inequality of Human Races (1998) 70 copies, 2 reviews
Tales of Asia (1876) 46 copies
The World of the Persians (1971) 33 copies
The Pleiads (1874) 27 copies
Gobineau : Oeuvres, tome 1 (1983) — Author — 14 copies
Mademoiselle Irnois (1982) 12 copies
La danseuse de Shamakha (1995) 10 copies
La guerra dei turcomanni (1994) 9 copies
Gobineau : Oeuvres, tome 3 (1987) — Author — 9 copies
Gobineau : Oeuvres, tome 2 (1983) — Author — 9 copies
Adelaide (1985) 9 copies
De rode zakdoek (1986) 8 copies, 2 reviews
Jean de la tour miracle (1977) 7 copies
chasse au caribou, La (2015) 4 copies
Akrivia Frangopulo (1994) 3 copies
Œuvres I 2 copies
Les amants de Kandahar (2005) 2 copies
Souvenirs de voyage (1948) 2 copies
Œuvres III 2 copies
Les Grecs A Toutes Les Epoques (1999) 1 copy, 1 review
Ternove. Tome 1 (2022) 1 copy
Novelle (1959) 1 copy
Les Pléiades (1982) 1 copy

Associated Works

Great Nineteenth-Century French Short Stories (1960) — Contributor — 32 copies
The European Revolution & Correspondence with Gobineau (1959) — Contributor — 28 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Book of French Short Stories (1968) — Contributor, some editions — 20 copies
Gobineau (Le roman des grandes existences) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Vitalism of Count de Gobineau (1932) — Contributor — 2 copies

Tagged

19th century (8) 1DBF (4) A (5) Ancient Persia (4) anthropology (8) archaeology (5) art (6) biology (7) fascism (8) fiction (13) France (7) French (7) French literature (16) history (30) Iran (4) literature (16) non-fiction (4) nouvelles (4) novel (7) Persia (6) philosophy (12) Pléiade (6) politics (4) race (4) racism (10) Renaissance (4) Roman (6) SO (4) social science (3) to-read (13)

Common Knowledge

Legal name
Gobineau, Joseph Arthur Comte de
Birthdate
1816-07-14
Date of death
1882-10-13
Gender
male
Education
Oosterse talen (Lorient)
Occupations
novelist
post
essayist
chief of cabinet
Organizations
ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Nationality
France
Birthplace
Ville d'Avray, Seine-et-Oise, France
Place of death
Turijn, Italië
Associated Place (for map)
France

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Reviews

15 reviews
A vicious anti-Greek diatribe, first published 1870, actually from the pen of Comte de Gobineau (Dentu was the publisher); very funny reading; all antisemitic stereotypes transposed to the Greeks.
Maybe important to understand historical misconceptions about human races. Although Gobineau is not the father of Nazi Germany's ideas of aryan superiority he has been recognized as one of the fathers of modern racism.
½
La Vida de Viaje; Historia de Gamber-Alí; La Guerra de los Turcomanos

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Works
76
Also by
6
Members
445
Popularity
#55,081
Rating
½ 3.5
Reviews
9
ISBNs
86
Languages
6

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