АНТРОПОСОЦИОЛОГИЯ

Anthroposociology

A reactionary racialist theory; it falsifies anthropological facts and establishes a direct connection between the social position of individuals and groups of individuals and the anatomical and physiological properties of man (size and shape of skull, height, colour of hair, etc.), and examines social phenomena from this point of view. It was founded by J. V. Lapouge (1854-1936), who accepted and developed the pseudo-scientific theory of J. Gobineau (1816-82) to the effect that the Aryans are the higher, aristocratic race, and that the nobility and the bourgeoisie belong to this race.

Anthroposociology depicts the class struggle as a struggle between races, and the growth of the workers' liberation movement as retrogression brought about by a reduction of the Aryan element; Lapouge showed that eugenic measures (see Eugenics), capable of moderating the "restless masses", were essential. Anthroposociology was one of the ideological weapons of the German Nazis and is preached by present-day racialists.

Антропосоциология

См. в ст. Расово-антропологическая школа в социологии.