The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity Paperback - 2006
by Benjamin Isaac
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LESS THAN A CENTURY AGO nobody would write or wish to read a book about racism.
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"A revolutionary work of immense relevance to the tensions of our contemporary globalized society. Enormous in scope, erudition, and importance, it is lucidly written and can easily be appreciated by any historically minded reader."--Glen W. Bowersock, Institute for Advanced Study
"Benjamin Isaac's treatment of this complex problem is the first comprehensive, intelligible, and truly magisterial one of which I am aware. The book will be an invaluable source of information, discussion, and interpretation for any person (scholar or layman) interested in any aspect of the problem of ethnic identity, whether in antiquity or in modern times."--Martin Ostwald, Swarthmore College and University of Pennsylvania
"The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity is by far the most sweeping and all-encompassing study of stereotypes and hostile portrayals by Greeks and Romans of other peoples that has yet been written. Isaac details the classical world's biased conceptualizations of Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Syrians, Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Germans, and Jews. As Isaac shows, the diverse images constructed at that time of genetic inferiority, of environmental and geographic influence, of descent and lineage, and propagation of fear of the alien have had an enduring impact on thinkers and public figures in Europe and the United States even up to the present time."--Erich S. Gruen, Gladys Rehard Wood Professor of History and Classics, University of California, Berkeley
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- Title The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity
- Author Benjamin Isaac
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Fourth Printing
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2006-03-05
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691125985 / 0691125988
- Weight 1.76 lbs (0.80 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 5.98 x 1.28 in (23.27 x 15.19 x 3.25 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.560
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