Philology and the Appropriation of the World: Champollion's Hieroglyphs

by Markus Messling

Book Overview

This book sheds new light on the work of Jean-Fran ois 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 M. Dacier in 1822, is emblematic for the triumphant achievements of comparative philology during the 19th Century. In its attempt to understand humanity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031128931
• ISBN13: 9783031128936
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"