Some biographers have noted that Wagner in his final years developed interest in the racialist philosophy of Arthur de Gobineau, notably Gobineau's belief that Western society was doomed because of miscegenation between "superior" and "inferior" races.
Algúns biógrafos teñen sinalado o crecente interese de Wagner na filosofía racista de Arthur de Gobineau durante os seus últimos anos, e especialmente na crenza de Gobineau en que a sociedade occidental estaba condenada pola mestizaxe entre razas "superiores" e "inferiores".