German Assyriology: A Discipline in Troubled Waters

One of Germany’s proudest contributions to the humanities is Assyriology, the study of the languages and civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia. Despite its small numbers as a discipline, Assyriology provides a crucial window into the beginnings of western civilization—a window that had been quite lit...

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Main Author: Renger, Johannes 1934-2023 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2022
In: The betrayal of the humanities
Year: 2022, Pages: 306-331
Further subjects:B National Socialism
B Ancient Near Eastern studies
B The Humanities
B Disciplinary History
B Assyriology
B Antisemitism
B History 1933-1945
B Landsberger, Benno
B University
B Soden, Wolfram von
B Collaboration
B Third Reich
B Ancient Orient
B Germany