Views of Ancient Egypt since Napoleon Bonaparte: Imperialism Colonialism and Modern AppropriationsTaylor & Francis, 12. okt. 2012 - 250 síður The discipline of Egyptology has been criticized for being too insular, with little awareness of the development of archaeologies elsewhere. It has remained theoretically underdeveloped. For example the role of Ancient Egypt within Africa has rarely been considered jointly by Egyptologists and Africanists. Egypt's own view of itself has been neglected; views of it in the ancient past, in more recent times and today have remained underexposed. Encounters with Ancient Egypt is a series of eight books which addresses these issues. The books interrelate, inform and illuminate one another and will appeal to a wide market including academics, students and the general public interested in archaeology, egyptology, anthropology, architecture, design and history. This book addresses some of the main themes of the study of Egypt during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In a combination of case studies and discursive chapters, the status of Egypt as an important example of traditional Orientalist scholarship, and as an ancient model of imperialism itself, is examined. Contributions range from studies of nineteenth century antiquarianism, and the collecting of Egyptian antiquities as an extension of the territorial ambitions and rivalries of the European powers, to explorations of how Egypt is understood and interpreted in contemporary societies. Views of Ancient Egypt also considers the way in which Ancient Egypt has been adopted by less privileged members of some societies as a cultural icon of past greatness. |
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... early 1850s. He gained his PhD from the University of London. Isabel Medina-González is Restorer-Conservator in the National Coordination of Restoration of Cultural Patrimony, INAH, Mexico City. She is about to complete her PhD at the ...
... early social transformations in Egypt and Iraq, and the role of the remote past in the formation of modern political identities. Recent publications include 'The Intellectual Adventure of Henri Frankfort: a missing chapter in the ...
... early military forays by Bonaparte that later encompassed most of Europe itself and provided a grand theatre for world events; it has also often been portrayed as a conferring of the benefits of advanced western civilization on a ...
... early 1800s had set Egypt on a trajectory of economic reform and territorial expansion that changed its character in fundamental ways, from a passive and agricultural community to one reliant on heavy industry and a massive military ...
... early 1900s (Reid 1985; Wood 1998). Even today, as a discipline 'Egyptology' has an unusually precise meaning, being specifically the study of society in the Nile Valley from 3000 BC (the beginning of unitary rule, or the dynastic ...
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