Max Nordau, Madison Grant, and Racialized Theories of Ideology.

Grant, Madison, 1865-1937; Nordau, Max Simon, 1849-1923; Racism; Social degeneration; Eugenics; Degeneration (Book); Passing of the Great Race, The (Book); Immigration opponents; Stoddard, Lothrop, 1883-1950; Twentieth century; United States history

The article compares the racial ideas of American white supremacist and nativist Madison Grant and Hungarian Zionist and cultural critic Max Nordau, noting that both believed in a hereditary connection between race and political ideology. It examines Nordau's book "Degeneration," his views on Jewishness, and his belief in a link between degeneracy and Bolshevism and anarchism. The author also comments on Grant's book "The Passing of the Great Race," his anti-immigration stances, and his relationship with eugenicist Lothrop Stoddard.