Black Athena : the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization / Martin Bernal.
"What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences ha...
Uniform Title: | Rutgers University Press Classics.
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Language: | English |
Published: |
New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2020.
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Edition: | Reprint edition. |
Series: | Rutgers University Press Classics.
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Physical Description: | 3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century--chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers--Aryans--from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this 'Aryan model.' They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. In an unprecedented tour de force, Bernal links a wide range of areas and disciplines--drama, poetry, myth, theological controversy, esoteric religion, philosophy, biography, language, historical narrative, and the emergence of 'modern scholarship.'"--Publisher's description. |
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Call Number: | DF78 .B398 2020 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781978807129 1978807120 9781978804265 1978804261 9781978807167 1978807163 9781978804272 197880427X 9781978807204 1978807201 9781978804296 1978804296 |