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The theories of Arthur de Gobineau and of this thinker inspired the book The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century by this thinker’s son-in-law Houston Chamberlain. A 2020 book cites this thinker’s belief that “the incomparable thing about myth is that it is always true” as the origin of a “posthumous cult” surrounding him in 20th-century politics. This thinker created an allegory for capitalism’s collapse from internal contradictions, according to a commentary by (*) George Bernard Shaw. “Art and Politics in the Shadow of” one discipline are examined in [This thinker]-ism by Alex Ross. (10[1])This Schopenhauerian (10[1])fell out of favor with Nietzsche years after The Birth of Tragedy promoted this thinker’s concept of the (10[1])gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. For 10 points, name this thinker who denounced his colleague Giacomo Meyerbeer in the essay “Jewishness in Music.” ■END■

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