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 | | From: | Christopher Culver | | Subject: | Is Day's "Indo-Europeans Origins" book racist? | | Date: | 20 Jan 2005 15:47:28 -0800 |
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 | I noticed that John V. Day's book "Indo-European Origins: The
Anthropological Evidence" was being ceaselessly peddled on a website by
a man who seems to admire Hitler. Further exploration showed that the
book has become quite popular among White Supremacist groups, pleased
by Day's supposed conclusion that the Indo-Europeans had blond hair and
blue eyes. I could link here, but the sites are unsavoury and in any
event you could find them with a Google search.
Now, I have not seen the work itself, so my question is: is the book
itself a racist screed or merely a reputable work misappropriated by
racists? I am interested in IE studies, and if the work is decent, I'll
find a copy of it through inter-library loan or something. I would,
however, prefer not to waste my time on a hate tract.
-- Christopher Culver
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| | From: | Peter T. Daniels | | Subject: | Re: Is Day's "Indo-Europeans Origins" book racist? | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:55:03 GMT |
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| Christopher Culver wrote:
>
> I noticed that John V. Day's book "Indo-European Origins: The
> Anthropological Evidence" was being ceaselessly peddled on a website by
> a man who seems to admire Hitler. Further exploration showed that the
> book has become quite popular among White Supremacist groups, pleased
> by Day's supposed conclusion that the Indo-Europeans had blond hair and
> blue eyes. I could link here, but the sites are unsavoury and in any
> event you could find them with a Google search.
>
> Now, I have not seen the work itself, so my question is: is the book
> itself a racist screed or merely a reputable work misappropriated by
> racists? I am interested in IE studies, and if the work is decent, I'll
> find a copy of it through inter-library loan or something. I would,
> however, prefer not to waste my time on a hate tract.
> -- Christopher Culver
What are the original date and publisher?
Did you find it in any academic libraries?
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
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| | From: | Christopher Culver | | Subject: | Re: Is Day's "Indo-Europeans Origins" book racist? | | Date: | 20 Jan 2005 16:36:15 -0800 |
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| It was published by the "Institute for the Study of Man" on December 1,
2001.
I have not found it in my own university library (LUC) or in the
University of Chicago library across town. I don't know if that means
anything. If you look at the book's listing on Amazon.com, there are
several sock puppet reviews which assert that the book appeared in the
Journal of Indo-European Studies. I'll have to get my hands on that
issue.
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| | From: | Bobby D. Bryant | | Subject: | Re: Is Day's "Indo-Europeans Origins" book racist? | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:54:26 +0000 (UTC) |
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| On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, "Christopher Culver" wrote:
> It was published by the "Institute for the Study of Man" on December 1,
> 2001.
>
> I have not found it in my own university library (LUC) or in the
> University of Chicago library across town. I don't know if that means
> anything. If you look at the book's listing on Amazon.com, there are
> several sock puppet reviews which assert that the book appeared in the
> Journal of Indo-European Studies. I'll have to get my hands on that
> issue.
Reviewed by C. Scott Littleton, Volume Thirty, Numbers 3-4 (2001)
TOC at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/jies/jies_index/Vol30,3-4.html,
but I don't find the actual review on line.
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Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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