{"product_id":"black-athena-martin-bernal-9781978807129","title":"Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization Volume I: The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985 Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1990 American Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century--chiefly for racist reasons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers--Aryans--from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this \"Aryan model.\" They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an unprecedented tour de force, Bernal links a wide range of areas and disciplines--drama, poetry, myth, theological controversy, esoteric religion, philosophy, biography, language, historical narrative, and the emergence of \"modern scholarship.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Bernal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978807120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978807129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.90d","brand":"Martin Bernal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089011880191,"sku":"9781978807129","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d40d3901-f73b-4d32-bb59-c4ba92ed3e97.jpg?v=1769107752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-athena-martin-bernal-9781978807129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}