Views of Ancient Egypt Since Napolean Bonaparte: Imperialism Colonialism and Modern Appropriations
Views of Ancient Egypt Since Napolean Bonaparte: Imperialism Colonialism and Modern Appropriations (Encounters with Ancient Egypt): Imperialism Colonialism …
UCL Press | 2003 | ISBN-10:1844720012 | 220 pages | PDF | 25 MB
The discipline of Egyptology has been criticised 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 19th and 20th 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.