Black athena

Informationen zum Autor Martin Bernal Klappentext Martin Bernal is Professor Emeritus of Government Studies at Cornell University, specialising in ancient African civilisations and origins of Western civilisations. He was educated at Darrington and King¿s College, Cambridge, where he was a research fellow and tutor. He has published widely on modern Chinese history. Zusammenfassung A challenge to the whole basis of thinking on the subject of classical civilization. The author argues that it has its roots in Afroasiatic cultures, and that these influences have been systematically ignored, suppressed or denied since the 18th century.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Bernal
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.1991
• EAN: 9780099887805
• ISBN: 978-0-09-988780-5
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, History of Education, Social discrimination & inequality, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Racism and racial discrimination, French Revolution