The Invention of Racism in Classical AntiquityThere 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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... Christian Delacampagne entitled L'invention du racisme : Antiquité et Moyen Age ( Paris , 1983 ) . I regret not having acknowledged this book as it has a similar title and considers the same general theme . July 2005 · ABBREVIATIONS ...
... Christians . " I should add here that this study reached me only days before I had to submit the final version of my own work and I have therefore been unable to take sufficient account of it . There are several recent , useful studies ...
... Christian , and Byzantine sources . For Greece see Edith Hall , Inventing the Barbarian : Greek Self - Definition through Tragedy ( Oxford , 1989 ) ; Jonathan M. Hall , Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity ( Cambridge , 1997 ) ; T. Long ...
... Christian Roman Em- pire . Or rather : the major decision to be taken was the inclusion or exclusion of Christian literature . There is no question that this would be important and inter- esting . Such treatment then should also include ...
... Christian texts are not considered in any systematic manner , nor are Jewish sources whatever the language because the Jews never became part of mainstream Greek and Roman society . It is not my aim to compare the Graeco - Roman world ...