Gobineau tied patriotism’s revival to the political rise of a racial class

Evidence

Essai, Tome II, Book IV, p. 440 and note on p. 445: “The word patrie …has regained its significance only since the Gallo-Roman strata rose and assumed a political role. With their triumph, patriotism has again become a virtue.” — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2272

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates how Gobineau fused political category (the strata gaining power) with racialized virtue (patriotism) — a small example of race-thinking absorbing political vocabulary.
• XREF: connects to: Gobineau’s racial hierarchy framed whites as possessing order and perseverance. — Tavengwa Gwekwerere, Davie E. Mutasa, and Kudakwashe Chitofiri, Settlers, Rhodesians, and Supremacists:…, 42