Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Houston Stewart Chamberlain (September 9, 1855 - January 9, 1927) was a British author noted for his works concerning the Aryan race. Image File history File links Hschamberlain2. ... Image File history File links Hschamberlain2. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term Aryan race refers to a model of racial identity that was prevelant in Europe from around the 1880s through to 1945, most notably in Nazi Germany. ...

Early Life

He was born in Southsea, England. At age 14 he suffered from seriously poor health and travelled to various spas around Europe, always accompanied by his Prussian tutor who taught him German and interested him in German culture and history. He moved to Germany, becoming an important member of the "Bayreuth circle" of German nationalist intellectuals influenced by the anti-Semitic ideas of Richard Wagner. He married Eva Wagner, the daughter of the composer. Location within the British Isles Southsea is a seaside resort located in Portsmouth at the southern tip of Portsea Island in the County of Hampshire in the United Kingdom. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... See also spa SPA can refer to: Saudi Press Agency School of Planning and architecture is Indias premier Architecture and city-planning institutions. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a significant German poet This article deals with the Culture of Germany as a political state within Europe, for a review of the culture of the german speaking world, see German Culture. ... This article gives an overview of the History of Germany. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 in Leipzig – February 13, 1883 in Venice) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his groundbreaking symphonic-operas (or music dramas). His compositions are notable for their continuous contrapuntal texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and elaborate...

Works

In 1899 he wrote his most important work, Die Grundlagen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts (The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century). The work focuses on the controversial notion that Western civilization is deeply marked by the influence of the Germanic peoples. Chamberlain grouped all European peoples — Celts, Germans, Slavs, Greeks, and Latins — into the "Aryan" race, a race built on the ancient Proto-Indo-European culture. At the helm of the Aryan race was the Nordic or Germanic breed. Chamberlain's goal was to create a movement that would revive the recognition of Germanic blood. To do this, he incorporated not just the Teutonic peoples but all tribes with northern origins into a Germanic race. This included the Celts, Germans, and Slavs, all of whom Chamberlain considered to be of Germanic stock. 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... Aryan is an English word derived from the Indian Vedic Sanskrit & Iranian Avestan. ... The Proto-Indo-Europeans are the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language, a prehistoric people of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age. ...

Chamberlain's works focused on the claim that the Germanic peoples were the heirs to the empires of Greece and Rome. He argued that when the Germanic tribes destroyed the Roman Empire, Jews and other non-Europeans already dominated it. The Germans, therefore, saved Western civilization from Semitic domination. Chamberlain's thoughts were influenced by the writings of Gobineau, who had argued for the superiority of the Aryan race, a term that was increasingly being used to describe white peoples, but excluding Jews (who had non-Indo-European origins). For Chamberlain the concept of an "Aryan" race was not simply defined by ethno-linguistic origins. It was also an abstract ideal of a racial elite. The Aryan, or "noble" race was always in the process of creation as superior peoples supplanted inferior ones in evolutionary struggles for survival. For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... Semitic is a linguistic term referring to a subdivision of largely Middle Eastern Afro-Asiatic languages, the Semitic languages, as well as their speakers corresponding cultures, and ethnicities. ... Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau (July 14, 1816 - October 13, 1882) was a French aristocrat who became famous for developing the theory of the Aryan master race in his book An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (1853-1855). ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Indo-European is originally a linguistic term, referring to the Indo-European language family. ... Anthropological linguistics is the study of language through human genetics and human development. ...

Interestingly, Chamberlain used a now discredited notion of the ethnic make up of Galilee to argue that, while Jesus may have been Jewish by religion, he was not Jewish by race. During the Nazi period certain pro-Nazi theologians developed these ideas as part of the manufacture of an Aryan Jesus. Galilee (Arabic al-jaleel الجليل, Hebrew hagalil הגליל), meaning circuit, is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. ... Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene (circa 4 BC/BCE – 30 AD/CE), is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from Greek Ιησούς Χριστός) with Christ being a title meaning Anointed One or Messiah. Christian viewpoints on Jesus (known as Christology) are... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

He was also an early supporter of the Welteislehre, the theory that most bodies in our solar system are covered with ice. Welteislehre (also known as Glazial-Kosmogonie) is a theory first published by the Austrian Hanns Hörbiger, a refrigeration engineer, in 1913. ...

During his lifetime, Chamberlain's works became widely popular around Europe, especially in Germany. He was invited to stay at the court of Kaiser Wilhelm II. His works would later have a marked effect upon German nationalist movements, such as Adolf Hitler's National Socialism. World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... Wilhelm II of Germany (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern 27 January 1859–4 June 1941), was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia, ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ... ▶ (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...

During World War I, he wrote several propaganda texts against his country of origin, and later became a citizen of Germany. Combatants Entente Powers Central Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties > 5 million military deaths > 3 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars was a world... Soviet propaganda poster from the Great Patriotic War depicting the victory of war hero General Georgi Zhukov over Nazi Germany. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ...

Adolf Hitler was a student of his works, and praised him as "The Prophet of the Third Reich". â–¶ (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

See also

• Basil Hall Chamberlain - elder brother of Houston.

Basil Hall Chamberlain (18 October 1850–15 February 1935), was a professor of Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. ...

External source

• Houston Stewart Chamberlain - a website devoted to him