Jacques Berlinerblau

Heresy in the University

The Black Athena Controversy and the Responsibilities of American Intellectuals

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of Martin Bernal's """"Black Athena"""", which explored the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization and caused controversy among Afrocentrists and Classicists alike. It includes a discussion of Bernal's critique of the research university and a reconstruction of his """"sociology of knowledge"""".

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780813525884
• ISBN-10: 0813525888
• Artikelnr.: 22344810

Autorenporträt

Jacques Berlinerblau is an assistant professor and director of Judaic studies at Hofstra University. 

Inhaltsangabe

Epistemological canyons : the anomic academy
The ancient model : hard moderns versus idiosyncratic ancient
The revised ancient model : the heretic's cocktail
The Aryan models
Atmospheric determinism
The antinomies of Martin Bernal
A "total contestation" of the research university : "beware the
nonspecialist"
The academic Elvis
Reconfiguring the ancient Egyptians : Bernal's strategic reading
Contentious communities : "blacks and Jews" and Black Athena
We scholars : heresy in the university/Intellectual
responsibility/passionate ambivalence