Raza, linaje, familia y casa-solar en el País Vasco

Abstract

In the light of the correlation established by E. Todd between varieties of family structures and kinds of racism, this article analyzes the way in which Sabino Arana's «Basque race» has its roots in a «genealogical concept» of race. This concept was elaborated within a «religious protorracism» related to the Spanish Inquisition's antisemitism, so that, as a consequence, authoritarian family, purity of race and Catholic religion appear as three complementary pillars of the traditional Basque society, whose mythical return is the aim of Sabino Arana's racism.