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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... interests from new perspectives. All the chapters presented here have benefited from wide-ranging discussion between experts from diverse academic disciplines, including art history, papyrology, anthropology, archaeology and Egyptology ...
... interests are in later European prehistory, the history of archaeology and the use of the past in contemporary social and political discourse. His recent publications include Nationalism and Archaeology in Europe (1996, ed. with ...
... interests and publications have focused on the role of the wives of Amun in the Third Intermediate and Late Periods, and the topography, archaeology and history of Egyptian Naucratis (Per Meryt). She gained her doctorate from the ...
... interest in the Egyptian past had been of a largely individual, antiquarian nature, exemplified by Pococke, Norden, Sonnini and other European travellers since the beginning of the Renaissance, who had increased in number and in their ...
... interests also continued to be inextricably bound up with Egypt, but eventually brought it economic decline as a result of loans, at punitive interest rates, to finance public works and, to some extent, the opulent lifestyle of the ...
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