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Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity
Daniel Stolzenberg
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Paperback. Athanasius Kircher, S J was one of Europe's most inventive and versatile scholars in the baroque era. This book presents an interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Athanasius Kircher, S. J. (1601/2-80), was one of Europe's most inventive and versatile scholars in the baroque era. But Kircher is most famous - or infamous - for his quixotic attempt to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphs and reconstruct the ancient traditions they encoded. Here Daniel Stolzenberg presents a new interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. The spectacular flaws of his scholarship have fostered an image of Kircher as an eccentric anachronism, a throwback to the Renaissance hermetic tradition. Stolzenberg argues against this view, showing how Kircher embodied essential ... Read more
Athanasius Kircher, S. J. (1601/2-80), was one of Europe's most inventive and versatile scholars in the baroque era. But Kircher is most famous - or infamous - for his quixotic attempt to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphs and reconstruct the ancient traditions they encoded. Here Daniel Stolzenberg presents a new interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. The spectacular flaws of his scholarship have fostered an image of Kircher as an eccentric anachronism, a throwback to the Renaissance hermetic tradition. Stolzenberg argues against this view, showing how Kircher embodied essential ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226273273
SKU
V9780226273273
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About Daniel Stolzenberg
Daniel Stolzenberg is associate professor of history at the University of California, Davis.
Reviews for Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity
"Extraordinary: Kircher, the figure of fun, emerges from Stolzenberg's impressive analysis as a serious scholar." (Anthony Grafton, London Review of Books) "Thoroughly researched and informative." (Times Literary Supplement)