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Autore |
Thomasson Fredrik |
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Titolo |
The life of J.D. Åkerblad [[electronic resource] ] : Egyptian decipherment and Orientalism in revolutionary times / / by Fredrik Thomasson |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (503 p.) |
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Collana |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 213 |
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Soggetti |
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Middle East specialists |
Diplomats - Sweden |
Linguists |
Europe History 1789-1900 |
Europe Intellectual life 18th century |
Europe Intellectual life 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. The making of a diplomat and orientalist -- pt. 2. 1789-1801 : revolution and turmoil -- pt. 3. Reading Egyptian : deciphering the Rosetta inscriptions -- pt. 4. The Napoleonic wars and restoration in Italy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Johan DavidÅkerblad (1763–1819) contributed to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs and Demotic and is known as a predecessor of Jean-François Champollion. This intellectual biography offers a new and less heroic interpretation of the first reading of the Egyptian scripts.Åkerblad, an exceptional linguist, was a diplomat and orientalist who spent several decades living in the Ottoman Empire, France and Italy. Of humble birth, he was a supporter of the French Revolution – something that stymied his career. His life cannot be understood in a purely Swedish national framework, and this study firmly situates him as an international scholar. The book discusses European expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean during the tumultuous decades around the year 1800, and tracesÅkerblad’s momentous life in relation to the debates on ‘orientalism,’ the tradition of classical studies and the |
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