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 command, 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.
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