LEADER 03316nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910463211403321 005 20210519103918.0 010 $a90-04-23635-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004236356 035 $a(CKB)2670000000328515 035 $a(EBL)1115285 035 $a(OCoLC)827208841 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822175 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11448470 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822175 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10753614 035 $a(PQKB)11114626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1115285 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004236356 035 $a(PPN)174395922$9sudoc 035 $a(PPN)170742121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1115285 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10648929 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL429247 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000328515 100 $a20120817d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun####uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe life of J.D. Åkerblad$b[electronic resource] $eEgyptian decipherment and Orientalism in revolutionary times /$fby Fredrik Thomasson 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (503 p.) 225 0$aBrill's studies in intellectual history,$x0920-8607 ;$vv. 213 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-21116-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 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. 330 $aJohan DavidÅkerblad (1763?1819) contributed to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs and Demotic and is known as a predecessor of Jean-François Champollion. This intellectual biography offers a new and less heroic interpretation of the first reading of the Egyptian scripts.Åkerblad, an exceptional linguist, was a diplomat and orientalist who spent several decades living in the Ottoman Empire, France and Italy. Of humble birth, he was a supporter of the French Revolution ? something that stymied his career. His life cannot be understood in a purely Swedish national framework, and this study firmly situates him as an international scholar. The book discusses European expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean during the tumultuous decades around the year 1800, and tracesÅkerblad?s momentous life in relation to the debates on ?orientalism,? the tradition of classical studies and the history of science. 410 0$aBrill's Studies in Intellectual History$v213. 606 $aMiddle East specialists$vBiography 606 $aDiplomats$zSweden$vBiography 606 $aLinguists$vBiography 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y1789-1900 607 $aEurope$xIntellectual life$y18th century 607 $aEurope$xIntellectual life$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMiddle East specialists 615 0$aDiplomats 615 0$aLinguists 676 $a932.072/02 676 $aB 700 $aThomasson$b Fredrik$0869042 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463211403321 996 $aThe life of J.D. Åkerblad$91940157 997 $aUNINA