Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this rel…
Pictorial reconstructions of ancient human ancestors have twin purposes: to make sense of shared ancestry and to bring prehistory to life. Stephanie Moser analyzes the close relationship between representations of the past and theories about human evolution, showing how this rel…
The Rise of Modern Mythology is a voice of reason in the contemporary maelstrom of international religious violence and American pluralism; more than any book I know, it exposes the roots of the Western appropriation of non-Western mythologies, from Lawrence of Arabia and Omar K…
The rise of modern mythology, 1680-1860
The Rise of Modern Mythology is a voice of reason in the contemporary maelstrom of international religious violence and American pluralism; more than any book I know, it exposes the roots of the Western appropriation of non-Western mythologies, from Lawrence of Arabia and Omar K…
"In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. Entitled 'The History of the Rus, ' it became one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era. Attributed to an eighte…
Historische Mythologie der Deutschen 1789 - 1918
by Wülfing, Wulf, Bruns, Karin, Pfarr, Rolf
Historische Mythologie der Deutschen: 1798 - 1918
by Parr, Rolf, Wülfing, Wulf, Bruns, Karin
Argues that the Afrocentric movement is substituting myth for historical research and undermining the true accomplishments of Africa, and explains why history must be based on research and fact, and not on politics.