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The Role of Racial and Antisemitic Thinking in the Development of Ethnography
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The development of ethnography in the late 19th century was fraught with racial and antisemitic thinking, leading to a sense of superiority and inferiority between different peoples, despite the fascinating diversity that was being documented.
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The concept of nations as groups of cultural entities rather than political ones was essentially invented in the late 19th century, during a time when racial and anti-Semitic thinking was also prevalent.
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The concept of nations as groups of cultural entities rather than political ones was essentially invented in the late 19th century, during a time when racial and anti-Semitic thinking was also prevalent.
ChapterThe Role of Racial and Antisemitic Thinking in the Development of Ethnography
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The racial thinking that permeates Mein Kampf was influenced by a number of late 19th and early 20th century thinkers, who believed in their own racial superiority and the inferiority of others based on cultural and linguistic differences.
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The racial thinking that permeates Mein Kampf was influenced by a number of late 19th and early 20th century thinkers, who believed in their own racial superiority and the inferiority of others based on cultural and linguistic differences. This concept is evident in Hitler's writing and his views on Jews.