''Neue Anthropologie'' was a quarterly

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journal. It was published in

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by the , whose chairman,

Jürgen Rieger Jürgen Hans Paul Rieger (11 May 1946, Nordenham, Blexen, Lower Saxony – 29 October 2009) was a Hamburg lawyer, avowed anti-semite, and deputy chairman of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) (as of October 2009), known for his Ho ...

, was also the journal's editor. It served as a platform for

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psychological and anthropological

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, with a particular focus on

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History

''Neue Anthropologie'' was established in 1973. It followed several similar journals published by the Society for Biological Anthropology, Eugenics and Behavioural Science, the first of which, ''Erbe und Verantwortung'', was established in 1964. The journal's first issue contained a tribute to

Fritz Lenz Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz (9 March 1887 in Pflugrade, Pomerania – 6 July 1976 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony) was a German geneticist, member of the Nazi Party,Arthur Jensen Arthur Robert Jensen (August 24, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics an ...

that had previously been published in ''

Nouvelle École ''Nouvelle École'' (French: ''New School'') is an annual political and philosophy magazine which was established by an ethno-nationalist think tank, GRECE. The publication is one of the significant media outlets of the New Right political appr ...

''. Jensen went on to contribute articles for the journal on a regular basis. In 1976, ''Neue Anthropologie'' published a bibliography of Jensen's work from 1967 until then; Jensen joined the journal's "board of scientific advisers" two years later. Other board members included Donald A. Swan, an anthropologist and ''Mankind Quarterly'' editor who had received grants from the

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, and

Alain de Benoist Alain de Benoist (; ; born 11 December 1943) – also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and other pen names – is a French journalist and political philosopher, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite ("New Right"), and ...

, who also wrote for the journal under the

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Fabrice Laroche.

Content

''Neue Anthropologie'' published content supporting

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and scientific racism. This included articles focusing on

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, as well as polemics attacking "

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". According to

Michael Billig Michael Billig (born 1947) is a British academic. He is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, working principally in contemporary social psychology although much of his work crosses disciplinary boundaries in the social ...

, the content published in ''Neue Anthropologie'' "...is racist and it is preserving the racial philosophy of Nazi theorist Hans Günther." In 1978–79, they referred to a need to sterilize those like alcoholics, "who are often Haltlose psychopaths", from bearing children, to reduce crime.

Links to neo-Nazism and fascism

The editor of ''Neue Anthropologie'', Jürgen Rieger, was a prominent German fascist and member of the Northern League. Several other members of the journal's advisory board also had connections to

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and

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, including ,

Hans Georg Amsel Hans Georg Amsel (29 March 1905 – 20 October 1999) was a German entomologist with four publications ranging from 1951 to 1962. His home town was Cologne, although he frequently was in Kiel. His original job was in the banking industry, and he la ...

, and F.J. Irsigler. Ian Barnes noted that the journal's "...editorial board has links with ''The Northlander'' and one member belongs to the neo-Nazi

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(NPD) while others write for the neo-Nazi newspapers ''

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'' and ''Deutsche Hochschullehrer Zeitung''."

Connections to ''Mankind Quarterly''

''Neue Anthropologie'' was closely associated with ''

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'', of which it has been described as a

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. The two publications sometimes carried advertisements for each other, and published papers by many of the same authors, including some of the same articles. The close similarity and connections between the two journals has also led to ''Neue Anthropologie'' being described as one of two European "clones of ''Mankind Quarterly''" to emerge in the late 1960s and early 1970s (the other being ''Nouvelle École'').

References

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