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Kovacevic, Ivanka. “Charles Kingsley's Imperialism and the Victorian Frame of Mind,” Filoloski Pregled: Casopis Saveza Drustava za Strane Jezike I Knjizevnost SFRJ Vol. 3-4 (1975): 55-72. Kovacevic examines what he considers to be Kingsley's manifest jingoism, racism, and imperialism, declaring that his views on these topics were similar to those of Thomas Carlyle, Max Muller, and J. A. Froude. He discusses briefly Kingsley's stance on the Governor Eyre controversy, his xenophobia, his generally negative opinion of the Spanish, the Irish, the Russians, the Indians, and others. He declares that "Kingsley was a pure racist" who "taught that primitive natives are mere animals" (68). Kingsley justified his imperialism by his belief "that some are born to command and some to obey, and he extended this belief to include nations and races as well. If those of 'noble blood' have the right to comand, it follows that the Aryans should govern inferior races" (55-56). Nevertheless, Kovacevic writes that Kingsley, neither a theorist nor ideologist, should not bear too much responsibility for the practical politics of the day. His racist and imperialist views were those already being expounded by great numbers of the contemporary educated English public. Social and Political Views; Racial Prejudices; Imperialism; Carlyle; Muller, Max; Froude. |