It should be immediately noted that the teaching of separationpeople on races were popularized by anthropologists in the early twentieth century. Discussions on this topic today are largely regarded as not scientific, but ideological, therefore, not having scientific utility.
Encouraging a claim of excellencerace, the so-called "Nordic", and implied a corresponding assessment of people of other races. The ideology, which is called the "Northern Theory" or "Nordism" (Nordicism) was spread in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Western Europe and North America, and had a significant influence on the Nazi ideology. Particularly strong attention to it was shown in the 1920s, when the term "Nordic race" was used interchangeably with the term "Aryan race".
This ideology, which positioned the Nordicthe race as a race of gentlemen within the larger, Caucasoid, by the 1930s, was subjected to great criticism in Great Britain, the USA and other progressive countries.
Reich Minister of Food in Nazi Germanyand the ideological mentor of Heinrich Himmler, Richard Walter Oscar Darre, developed the concept of the German peasantry, which was defined as the “Nordic race” that had no relation to the Aryan, Indo-European or Germanic. The term “Aryans” (Aryans) was used to refer to tribes from the Iranian plains.
Итак, в соответствии с этими идеологическими perceptions, life in all its many and varied forms and manifestations is a product of the process of divergent evolution, according to which the Europeans are divided into three "breeds" or racial categories - northern, alpine and Mediterranean.
Nordic race prevalent in NorthEurope, representing one of these three categories (minor races or anthropological types) that make up the Caucasoid race, is different from the others and shows within its diversity many characteristics unique to itself. Its members live mainly (but not exclusively) in Northern Europe, among the German-speaking population, characterized by dolichocephaly (elongated head), fair skin, high cheekbones, straight or slightly wavy blond hair, which with age can become light brown or dark brown. They have bright eyes: blue, gray, greenish. The stereotypical Nordic type of appearance didn’t quite fall under the description of “pure Aryans”, who had a large amount of dark hair, despite the fact that Nazi propaganda posters portrayed “Aryans” as blond.
Proponents of the Northern Theory argued that“Nordics” in the history of human civilization occupied a dominant position in antiquity, even among the Mediterranean race, hinting that some Roman emperors had blond hair.
Nordic race it is in turn divided into two subgroups -central and peripheral (Atlantic, Neo-Danube subtypes). Under the central group refers to three anthropological types: Borreby, Brunn, Scandinavian. The first two are characterized by archaic features that date back to the Upper Paleolithic types: tall, massive build, large head, wide face. They are descendants of the first peoples settled in northwestern Europe.
The Scandinavian group exists in two types:Hallstatt and Celtic type of the British Isles and the Netherlands. It appeared in northwestern Europe during the Iron Age, along with Celtic and Germanic cultures. In many areas, for example, in Denmark and northern Germany, the various types of northern race are inextricably linked, as is common among northern Europeans living in the United States.
Часто случается так, что разные субрасовые classifications exist in a fairly narrow range. A relatively homogeneous population, Hallstatt of the Scandinavian type, can be found in southeastern Norway and central Sweden - an area that the famous American anthropologist Carlton Stevens Coon called "the shelter of the classical Scandinavian race." In his work “The Races of Europe” (1939), he says that the modern Scandinavian race is a mixture of two archaic Mediterranean anthropological types (the culture type of battle axes and the Danube type). However, on the basis of DNA studies, this relationship was found to be incorrect. They showed a much closer connection between the Scandinavian and Upper Paleolithic types - more than with any of the Mediterranean.
Initially, the concept of "Nordic race"(northern) was introduced by French anthropologist Joseph Deniker, who created the classification of races in 1900. Its use was intended to describe the "ethnic community" (ethnos).
In the 21st century between anthropologists and biologiststhere was a unanimous agreement that there are no “clean” races, and there never was. The emergence of population genetics has further undermined the theory of categorizing Europeans into well-defined racial groups.
But in any case among the establisheduncertainties about racial categories, it remains a fact that northerners are characterized by certain physical characteristics, as well as a special social behavior, which can be voiced as a “Nordic character”. This is independence, perseverance, initiative, willpower, hard work, a heightened sense of justice.
