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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... scholarly environment as UCL's, has encouraged the scholars writing in these volumes to consider their disciplinary interests from new perspectives. All the chapters presented here have benefited from wide-ranging discussion between ...
... Scholars and International Prestige: Ancient Egypt and Spain [osé-R. Pérez-Accino and Covadonga Sevilla Cueva (French translated by Daniel Antoine and Lawrence Stewart Owens) 'Trans-Atlantic Pyramidology', Orientalism, and Empire ...
... scholarly authority to questions of history, geography, identity and the value of traditional classical and medieval sources on Egypt (Ucko and Champion 2003). Familiarity has perhaps clouded somewhat the extraordinary nature of the ...
... scholars Champollion and Young – have if anything tended to obscure the longer and broader perspectives of others ... scholarly Commission was not necessarily an unqualified boon to the study of Egypt: the finished result of the ...
... scholarly inquiry, carrying out, among a number of other projects, a series of geoarchaeological investigations – the earliest in the history of archaeology – in the Cairo area in the early 1850s. What is particularly significant is the ...
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