03276nam 2200685 a 450 991078602150332120210519103918.090-04-23635-X10.1163/9789004236356(CKB)2670000000328515(EBL)1115285(OCoLC)827208841(SSID)ssj0000822175(PQKBManifestationID)11448470(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822175(PQKBWorkID)10753614(PQKB)11114626(nllekb)BRILL9789004236356(Au-PeEL)EBL1115285(CaPaEBR)ebr10648929(CaONFJC)MIL429247(PPN)174395922(MiAaPQ)EBC1115285(PPN)170742121(EXLCZ)99267000000032851520120817d2013 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtccrThe life of J.D. Åkerblad[electronic resource] Egyptian decipherment and Orientalism in revolutionary times /by Fredrik ThomassonLeiden ;Boston Brill20131 online resource (503 p.)Brill's studies in intellectual history,0920-8607 ;v. 213Description based upon print version of record.90-04-21116-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 history of science.Brill's Studies in Intellectual History213.Middle East specialistsBiographyDiplomatsSwedenBiographyLinguistsBiographyEuropeHistory1789-1900EuropeIntellectual life18th centuryEuropeIntellectual life19th centuryMiddle East specialistsDiplomatsLinguists932.072/02BThomasson Fredrik1163794MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786021503321The life of J.D. Åkerblad3721824UNINA