- René Martial
René Martial (1852,
Paris – 1955,Vendôme ) was a Frenchanthropologist during the thirties and the Vichy era (1940-1944).Life
Dr. René Martial appears in books on the history of Vichy or of anti-Semitism as an example of « French-style racism ». The social trajectory of this character disappears behind the excessive visibility of his collaboration and his works. Yet, before being a « racist », R. Martial was a hygienist who claimed to be a socialist. According to William H. Schneider « the views on immigration stated by French politician
Jean-Marie Le Pen fit well with Martial's earlier ideas »elected works
* "Traits de l'immigration et de la greffe inter-raciale", Larose, 1931, rewarded by the
Institut de France
* "La Race française", Mercure de France, 1934, réédité en 1943, rewarded by theInstitut de France
* "Race, hérédité, folie. Etude d’anthropo-sociologie appliquée à l’immigration", Paris, Mercure de France, 1938
* "Vie et constance des races", Mercure de France, 1939.
* "Français qui es-tu ?" Mercure de France, 1942
* "Les Métis - Nouvelle étude sur les migrations, le mélange des races, le métissage, la retrempe de la race française et la révision du code de la famille", Flammarion, 1942
* "Notre race et ses aïeux", Perqual, 1943
* "Les races humaines", Hachette, 1955References
* William H. Schneider, "Quality and Quantity. The Quest for Biological Regeneration in Twentieth-Century France", Cambridge University Press, 1990, pp.231-250
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