The making of totalitarian thought

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 Le Bon; The new science of anthrposociology and eugenics: The legacy of Vacher de Lapouge; The idea of revolutionary violence: The legacy of Sorel; The origins of Nazi ideology.