
Hannah Arendt’s ”The Origins of Totalitarianism” (Part 3/6)
Theory & Philosophy
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The Degeneration of Race
In the mid nineteenth century in france, a text was released that sought to create distinctions between people on the basis of race. Altel de gobina believed very firmly that race was the most important thing and people had to be belonged to their own race. He also submitted to the idea that nations and western civilization were under threat, and he attributed this to what he called the degeneration of race. And the decay of race is due to a mixture of blood.
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