Histories of Egyptology: Interdisciplinary Measures: 02 (Routledge Studies in Egyptology) - Tapa dura

"This book offers a wide range of opinions about the discipline of Egyptology and its formation, presenting new and refreshing ideas... the objective of the volume was to instigate a discussion on the Histories of Egyptology and this has been achieved, whilst leaving a great deal of scope for future Egyptologists." -Charlotte Booth, University of Birmingham

"...it more than adequately brings the study of Egyptology well and truly into contemporary debates about historiography and the socio-politics of archaeology." - Tim Murray, Bulletin of the History of Archaeology

Histories of Egyptology are increasingly of interest: to Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, and others. Yet, particularly as Egypt undergoes a contested process of political redefinition, how do we write these histories, and what (or who) are they for? This volume addresses a variety of important themes, the historical involvement of Egyptology with the political sphere, the manner in which the discipline stakes out its professional territory, the ways in which practitioners represent Egyptological knowledge, and the relationship of this knowledge to the public sphere. Histories of Egyptology provides the basis to understand how Egyptologists constructed their discipline. Yet the volume also demonstrates how they construct ancient Egypt, and how that construction interacts with much wider concerns: of society, and of the making of the modern world.