Christopher M. Hutton is Chair Professor in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. His research concerns the history of linguistics, in particular the relationship between linguistics and race theory, as well as language and law. He is the author of several books, including The Tyranny of Ordinary Meaning; The Legal Personhood of Animals; and Race and the Third Reich.

The people that never were is both scholarly and readable, an ideal combination of attributes in a research monograph-and one that is very difficult to achieve. The book is destined to become a standard reference for the emergence of the Aryan concept and its dubious career.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Philology and Physical Anthropology Chapter 2: Sir William Jones Chapter 3: The Emergence of the Aryan Paradigm Chapter 4: Philologies Collide Chapter 5: Invasion Theory and the Aryan/Dravidian Dichotomy Chapter 6: Language and Race Chapter 7: Anti-Aryanism and Revivalist Aryanism in India Chapter 8: Concluding Discussion References Index

Christopher M. Hutton is Chair Professor in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. His research concerns the history of linguistics, in particular the relationship between linguistics and race theory, as well as language and law. He is the author of several books, including The Tyranny of Ordinary Meaning; The Legal Personhood of Animals; and Race and the Third Reich.

The people that never were is both scholarly and readable, an ideal combination of attributes in a research monograph-and one that is very difficult to achieve. The book is destined to become a standard reference for the emergence of the Aryan concept and its dubious career.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Philology and Physical Anthropology Chapter 2: Sir William Jones Chapter 3: The Emergence of the Aryan Paradigm Chapter 4: Philologies Collide Chapter 5: Invasion Theory and the Aryan/Dravidian Dichotomy Chapter 6: Language and Race Chapter 7: Anti-Aryanism and Revivalist Aryanism in India Chapter 8: Concluding Discussion References Index

Christopher M. Hutton is Chair Professor in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. His research concerns the history of linguistics, in particular the relationship between linguistics and race theory, as well as language and law. He is the author of several books, including The Tyranny of Ordinary Meaning; The Legal Personhood of Animals; and Race and the Third Reich.

The people that never were is both scholarly and readable, an ideal combination of attributes in a research monograph-and one that is very difficult to achieve. The book is destined to become a standard reference for the emergence of the Aryan concept and its dubious career.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Philology and Physical Anthropology Chapter 2: Sir William Jones Chapter 3: The Emergence of the Aryan Paradigm Chapter 4: Philologies Collide Chapter 5: Invasion Theory and the Aryan/Dravidian Dichotomy Chapter 6: Language and Race Chapter 7: Anti-Aryanism and Revivalist Aryanism in India Chapter 8: Concluding Discussion References Index