Winner of the 1990 American Book Award
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."
This is a complete set of all three volumes, shrink-wrapped.
| ISBN: | 9781978810037 |
| Publication date: | 14th February 2020 |
| Author: | Martin Bernal |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press Classics an imprint of Rutgers University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 2569 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical and comparative linguistics Social and cultural history Ethnic studies Historiography Ancient history European history Middle Eastern history Literary studies: general Archaeology |
Winner of the 1990 American Book Award
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."
This is a complete set of all three volumes, shrink-wrapped.
Black Athena (3 Vol Set) features in the following genres: Historical and comparative linguistics, Social and cultural history, Ethnic studies, Historiography, Ancient history, European history, Middle Eastern history, Literary studies: general, Archaeology
Black Athena (3 Vol Set) is available in Paperback
Black Athena (3 Vol Set) was written by Martin Bernal and published by Rutgers University Press Classics an imprint of Rutgers University Press
Black Athena (3 Vol Set) has 2569 pages