What does ur-race mean?
Ur-race means A primitive, primordial, or original race; a proto-race.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A primitive, primordial, or original race; a proto-race.
The Jew, then, was at once seen as the definitive race and an equivocal one – at once the embodiment of an Ur-race and the composite body of a mongrel race.
Günther adduced from this fact that the characteristics of the ur-race could be determined from close observation of contemporary Armenians.
“Aryanism” broadened but also still racialized ideas about the origins of civilization by incorporating all speakers of Indo-European languages, including Indian speaker of Sanskrit-based tongues, into a single, civilizing ur-race, as in Sir Henry Maine's Taming Cannibals.
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Ur-race means A primitive, primordial, or original race; a proto-race.
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The Jew, then, was at once seen as the definitive race and an equivocal one – at once the embodiment of an Ur-race and the composite body of a mongrel race.
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