Perspectives on the History of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Pennsylvania State University Press
Perspectives on the History of Ancient Near Eastern StudiesAuthor(s): Agns Garcia-Ventura, Lorenzo Verderame\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Eisenbrauns\nISBN-13: 9781646022434, 978-1646022434\nSynopsis\nThe present volume collects eighteen essays exploring the history of ancient Near Eastern studies. Combining diverse approachessynthetic and analytic, diachronic and transnationalthis collection offers critical reflections on the who, why, and how of this cluster of fields. How have political contexts determined the conduct of research? How do academic agendas reflect larger social, economic, and cultural interests? How have schools of thought and intellectual traditions configured, and sometimes predetermined, the study of the ancient Near East? Contributions treating research during the Nazi and fascist periods examine the interpenetration of academic work with politics, while contributions dealing with specific national c.
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