On criticism, misrepresentation, and logical fallacy in Egyptology: A response to Aaron de Souza’s review of Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs. Past and Present Approaches in Egyptology

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  • Uroš Matić Institute for Classics, University of Graz

Résumé

Reading the books Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact by Ludwik Fleck (1981 [1935]) and Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts by Bruno Latour and Steve Woolgar (1986) was in many ways an eye-opening experience.

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Matić, Uroš. 2018a. “De-colonizing historiography and archaeology of ancient Egypt and Nubia Part 1. Scien-tific Racism.” Journal of Egyptian History, 11, 19–44.

Matić, Uroš. 2018b. “Execration of Nubians in Avaris: A case of mistaken ethnic identity and hidden archaeo-logical theory.” Journal of Egyptian History, 11, 87–112

Matić, Uroš. 2020. Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs. Past and Present Approaches in Egyptology. Elements-Ancient Egypt in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Prakash, Tara. 2022. Ancient Egyptian Prisoner Statues. Fragments of the Late Old Kingdom. Columbus, CA: Lockwood Press.

Prell, Silvia. 2023. “Kochen fern der Heimat. Gedanken zu einem bestimmten Kochtopftyp aus Tell el-Dab’a.” In Schöne Denkmäler sind entstanden. Studien zu Ehren von Ursula Verhoeven, edited by Simone Gerhards, et al. 529–555. Heidelberg: Propylaeum.

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2023-12-28

Comment citer

Matić, Uroš. 2023. « On Criticism, Misrepresentation, and Logical Fallacy in Egyptology: A Response to Aaron De Souza’s Review of Ethnic Identities in the Land of the Pharaohs. Past and Present Approaches in Egyptology ». Problèmes d’ethnologie Et d’anthropologie 18 (3):949–956. https://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/1199.

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