Chamberlain, Houston Stewart
- Chamberlain, Houston Stewart
(9 sep. 1855, Southsea, Hampshire, Inglaterra–9 ene. 1927, Bayreuth, Alemania).
Escritor británico germanófilo. Admirador de
Richard Wagner, escribió una biografía del compositor y varios libros sobre su música (1892–95) y posteriormente contrajo matrimonio con su hija. En sus
Foundations of the Nineteenth Century [Bases del siglo XIX] (2 vol. 1899), presentó un amplio, pero tendencioso análisis de la cultura europea, en el que proclamaba la superioridad racial y cultural del denominado elemento ario. Sus teorías, inspiradas en gran parte en los escritos de Joseph-Arthur, conde de
Gobineau, influyeron en el pensamiento nacionalista alemán, particularmente en el movimiento nacional socialista de
Adolf Hitler.
Enciclopedia Universal.
2012.
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CHAMBERLAIN, HOUSTON STEWART° — (1855–1927), racist, antisemitic author; British by birth, French by upbringing, German by choice. An enthusiastic Germanophile, Chamberlain settled in Bayreuth where he became friendly with richard wagner , whose daughter he married. Influenced… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart — born Sept. 9, 1855, Southsea, Hampshire, Eng. died Jan. 9, 1927, Bayreuth, Ger. British born Germanophile writer. An admirer of Richard Wagner, he wrote a biography of the composer and several books on his works (1892–95) and later married Wagner … Universalium
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart — (1855 1927) racial theorist; his concept of Aryan supremacy was embodied in Nazi mythology. Born to an English admiral in a village near Portsmouth, he was sent to Versailles in 1856 (upon his mother s early death) for tutoring with a… … Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart — (1855–1927) Adolf Hitler was greatly influenced by Chamberlain’s The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899), a seminal work that synthesized German nationalism, Nordic racist theory, and anti Semitism to explain how the Jews threatened… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Houston Stewart Chamberlain — (* 9. September 1855 in Portsmouth, England; † 9. Januar 1927 in Bayreuth) war ein Schriftsteller, Verfasser zahlreicher populärwissenschaftlicher Werke, unter … Deutsch Wikipedia
Houston Stewart Chamberlain — (September 9, 1855 January 9, 1927) was a British born author of books on political philosophy, natural science and his posthumous father in law Richard Wagner. His two volume book Die Grundlagen des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (The Foundations of… … Wikipedia
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Houston Chamberlain — Houston Stewart Chamberlain Pour les articles homonymes, voir Chamberlain. Houston Stewart Chamberlain … Wikipédia en Français
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