La Grèce de Gobineau: Correspondance politique d'Arthur de Gobineau, ministre de l'empereur à Athènes, 1864-1868 (Les Textes français)

by Arthur de Gobineau

French

645 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Joseph Arthur de Gobineau was a French aristocrat, novelist and man of letters who became famous for developing the racialist theory of the Aryan master race in his book "An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races"

Gobineau went to a French diplomatic school and became a diplomat in the USA, Norway, Brazil and Persia. His racial ideas were spawned in Persian society, he considered there was a natural barrier between the etnicities in Persian society.

Gobineau was born in a staunch royalist family and his mother is to be said was of Creole-Haitian origin.

Gobineau was also an admirer of Greek and Scandinavian culture