LEADER 03431nam 22006255 450 001 9910686475303321 005 20230722071806.0 010 $a3-031-12894-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-12894-3 035 $a(CKB)5590000001037898 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-12894-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7236649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7236649 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000001037898 100 $a20230411d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPhilology and the Appropriation of the World $eChampollion?s Hieroglyphs /$fby Markus Messling 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (XX, 187 p. 27 illus.) 225 1 $aSocio-Historical Studies of the Social and Human Sciences 311 $a3-031-12893-1 327 $a1. Other Narratives of a Grand History -- 2. Philology and Nationalism -- 3. Knowledge and Method: The Parisian Legacy -- 4. Civilisational Genealogies: Where Does Europe Come from? -- 5. Scientific Recognition: Showdown in Rome -- 6. History of Materials: Predatory Exploitation on the Nile and the Idea of Protecting Cultural Goods -- 7. Note to the Attention of the Viceroy for the Conservation of the Monuments of Egypt. 330 $aThis book sheds new light on the work of Jean-François Champollion by uncovering a constellation of epistemological, political, and material conditions that made his decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs possible. Champollion?s success in understanding hieroglyphs, first published in his Lettre à M. Dacier in 1822, is emblematic of the triumphant achievements of comparative philology during the 19th Century. Yet, precisely because of its success, his project also reveals the costs it entailed: after examining and welcoming acquisitions for the emerging Egyptian collections in Europe, Champollion travelled to the Nile Valley in 1828/29, where he was shocked by the damage that had been done to its ancient cultural sites. The letter he wrote to the Egyptian viceroy Mehmet Ali Pasha in 1829 demands that excavations in Egypt be regulated, denounces European looting, and represents perhaps the first document to make a case for the international protection of cultural goods in the name of humanity. 410 0$aSocio-Historical Studies of the Social and Human Sciences 606 $aEducational sociology 606 $aMiddle Eastern literature 606 $aImperialism 606 $aCulture 606 $aSociology of Education 606 $aMiddle Eastern Literature 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aSociology of Culture 615 0$aEducational sociology. 615 0$aMiddle Eastern literature. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aSociology of Education. 615 24$aMiddle Eastern Literature. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aSociology of Culture. 676 $a306.43 676 $a409.2 700 $aMessling$b Markus$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01330819 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910686475303321 996 $aPhilology and the Appropriation of the World$93294283 997 $aUNINA