national pride, asserting that his works had the "goal of establishing the veracity of the facts without racial prejudice, without diminishing the value of one human type in order to exalt another one." His last book, The Britons (1936), sought to trace the rise of the British Empire to the Mediterranean component of the British population. Theory of emotions Giuseppe Sergi, concurrent with William James and Carl Lange (the three independently), developed a theory of emotions<ref>Giuseppe Sergi, (1894) Principi di Psicologie: Dolore e Piacere; Storia Naturale dei Sentimenti", , Milano, Fratelli Dumolard</ref> according to which emotion is the mind's perception of physiological conditions that result from some stimulus. Works in English translation (1894). The Varieties of the Human Species. Washington: The Smithsonian Institution. (1901). The Mediterranean Race: a Study of the Origins of European Peoples. London: Walter Scott. (1911). "Differences in Customs and Morals and their Resistance to Rapid Change," Papers on Inter-racial Problems. London: P. S. King and Son. See also Mediterraneanism Notes Further reading Volpone, Alessandro (2011). "Giuseppe Sergi, 'Champion' of Darwinism?," Journal of Anthropological Sciences'', Vol. 89, pp. 59–69. Luca Tedesco, "Latin and Nordic Eugenics in the Project of Racial Improvement Set Up by Giuseppe Sergi, Founder of the Comitato italiano per gli studi di Eugenica". In Popolazione e storia, 2016, 1 Luca Tedesco, Giuseppe Sergi e "la morale fondata sulla scienza". Degenerazione e perfezionamento razziale nel fondatore del Comitato Italiano per gli Studi di Eugenica. Milano, Unicopli, 2012 Luca Tedesco, "L'antropologia positivista italiana e la questione sarda: la peculiarità della riflessione di Giuseppe Sergi". In Giampaolo Atzei - Tania Manca - Alessandra Orlandini Carcreff (a cura di), Paolo Mantegazza. Dalle Americhe al Mediterraneo, Monaco, Liberfaber, 2014 External links Works by Giuseppe Sergi, at JSTOR Works by Giuseppe Sergi, at Hathi Trust The Varieties of the Human Species Differences in Customs and Morals and their Resistance to Rapid Change Obituary 1841 births 1936 deaths Scientists from Messina Italian anthropologists Academic staff of the University of Bologna Members of the American Philosophical Society