Isaac The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4956-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 592 Seiten

Benjamin Isaac is Lessing Professor of Ancient History at the University of Tel Aviv. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the author of The Limits of Empire: The Roman Army in the East.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Isaac, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ILLUSTRATIONS ix

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xii

INTRODUCTION 1

PART 1: STEREOTYPES AND PROTO-RACISM: CRITERIA FOR DIFFERENTIATION 53

CHAPTER 1

Superior and Inferior Peoples 55

CHAPTER 2

Conquest and Imperialism 169

CHAPTER 3

Fears and Suppression 225

Conclusions to Part 1, Chapters 2 and 3 248

PART 2: GREEK AND ROMAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS SPECIFIC GROUPS-GREEK AND ROMAN IMPERIALISM 253

INTRODUCTION TO PART 2 255

CHAPTER 4

Greeks and the East 257

CHAPTER 5

Roman Imperialism and the Conquest of the East 304

CHAPTER 6

Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Syrians 324

CHAPTER 7

Egyptians 352

CHAPTER 8

Parthia/Persia 371

CHAPTER 9

Roman Views of Greeks 381

CHAPTER 10

Mountaineers and Plainsmen 406

CHAPTER 11

Gauls 411

CHAPTER 12

Germans 427

CHAPTER 13

Jews 440

Conclusions to Part 2 492

END CONCLUSIONS 501

Ethnic Prejudice, Proto-Racism and Imperialism in Antiquity 503

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 517

INDEX OF SOURCES 541

GENERAL INDEX 553

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Isaac is Lessing Professor of Ancient History at the University of Tel Aviv. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the author of The Limits of Empire: The Roman Army in the East.