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The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity

Paperback • 2004 • English

The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity

By Benjamin Isaac

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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 autho...Show more

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9780691125985

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity

Format

Paperback

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