The Invention of Racism in Classical AntiquityPrinceton University Press, 5 mar 2006 - 563 pagine There was racism in the ancient world, after all. This groundbreaking book refutes the common belief that the ancient Greeks and Romans harbored "ethnic and cultural," but not racial, prejudice. It does so by comprehensively tracing the intellectual origins of racism back to classical antiquity. Benjamin Isaac's systematic analysis of ancient social prejudices and stereotypes reveals that some of those represent prototypes of racism--or proto-racism--which in turn inspired the early modern authors who developed the more familiar racist ideas. He considers the literature from classical Greece to late antiquity in a quest for the various forms of the discriminatory stereotypes and social hatred that have played such an important role in recent history and continue to do so in modern society. |
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... essentials of the patterns analyzed in this study do not change thereafter . The next deci- sion then was whether to include non - pagan texts of the Christian Roman Em- pire . Or rather : the major decision to be taken was the ...
... antiquity , and if I were to adopt this usage , it would follow automatically that there was no racism at the time . That , of course , would not worry classicists and RACISM AND RACIALISM It is essential to adopt a proper 16 INTRODUCTION .
... essential feature of racism . The defini- tion is taken from a chapter on the rise of racial determinism ( pp . 80-107 ) which describes the irrationality of the theory very well . 39 Similarly , Benedict Anderson , Imagined Communities ...
... essential to adopt an understanding and definition of racism that is broad enough to encompass its varying manifestations over time , while recognizing its essential features . A failure to do so has serious consequences : it encourages ...
... essential ingredient of racist attitudes . Environmental determinism can just as well be a key to racism , or indeed any other form of determinism , such as astrology , which ignores individuality , personal charac- teristics , and free ...