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Black Athena Writes Back : Martin Bernal Responds to His Critics /

The author responds to the debate set off by the 1987 publication of his book: Black Athena. Producing a shock wave of reaction from scholars, Black Athena argued that the development of Greek civilization was heavily influenced by Afroasiatic civilizations. Moreover, Bernal asserted that this knowl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernal, Martin
Other Authors: Moore, David Chioni
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. Egyptology. 1. Can We Be Fair? A Reply to John Baines. 2. Greece Is Not Nubia: A Reply to David O'Connor
  • II. Classics. 3. Who Is Qualified to Write Greek History? A Reply to Lawrence A. Tritle. 4. How Did the Egyptian Way of Death Reach Greece? A Reply to Emily Vermeule. 5. Just Smoke and Mirrors? A Reply to Edith Hall
  • III. Linguistics. 6. Ausnahmslosigkeit uber Alles: A Reply to Jay H. Jasanoff and Alan Nussbaum
  • IV. Historiography. 7. Accuracy and/or Coherence? A Reply to Robert Norton, Robert Palter, and Josine Blok. 8. Passion and Politics: A Reply to Guy Rogers. 9. The British Utilitarians, Imperialism, and the Fall of the Ancient Model
  • V. Science. 10. Was There a Greek Scientific Miracle? A Reply to Robert Palter.