Raciology by Vladimir Avdeyev By Brian Simpson

I have begun reading a fascinating, politically incorrect book by Russian writer, Vladimir Avdeyev, Raciology (2015). As this is by a Russian, it is essentially fearless, rejecting the cultural determinism of Boas and modern sociology and anthropology, in favour of a revived race science, resurrecting material that the politically correct had sought to bury, from the 18^th century, to the 21^st. The core thesis is that race is “the nerve center of world history,; which mimics the famous quote by British Prime Minister Disraeli "No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key of history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who were ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves." - Benjamin Disraeli, Endymion (London: Longmans & Green, 1880), Chapter LVI, p. 248.

We are taken from Count de Gobineau, to Houston Steward Chamberlin, Hans Gunther, and other scholars who investigated the nature of Nordics, one of the themes of Raciology. One of his arguments is that the differences between Russians and Germans is over-rated, with Russian even having a higher percentage of light hair and eyes than the general European population.

As well, apart from the historical content, the book has up to date reviews of scientific material, and interestingly enough gives a Russian flavour to a field highly suppressed in the West, but no so in Russia.

As I said, I am working through the book, to do a future detailed review, and this is only my first impressions. Excellent work!