The Life of J.D. Åkerblad - Egyptian Decipherment and Orientalism in Revolutionary Times

This intellectual biography of Johan David Åkerblad (1763-1819) presents a new account of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian. Oriental and classical studies and their entwinement in the turbulent politics of this age of Revolutions are presented from a novel perspective.

About the author

Fredrik Thomasson, Ph.D. (2009) in History, European University Institute, Florence, is a Research Fellow at Uppsala University. He has recently published a number of articles on eighteenth century history, e.g. in the International Journal of Cultural Property, Lychnos and several anthologies.

Product details

• Authors: Fredrik Thomasson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.01.2013
• EAN: 9789004211162
• ISBN: 978-90-04-21116-2
• No. of pages: 504
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 907 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity