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

by Markus Messling

This 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 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"