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Well I was only in Berlin and Charlie, I guess, was not there either.
Thanks for clarifying the conventional spelling of the name of
Herodotus
in English. I was really skimming through that part of the exhibition,
and
it was rather post-modernist in flavour. What I am certain of, is that
German
Chris you asked:
Can anyone point to previous contributions on the Asiatic mode of
production on this list?
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Well I was only in Berlin and Charlie, I guess, was not there either.
Thanks for clarifying the conventional spelling of the name of Herodotus
in English. I was really skimming through that part of the exhibition, and
it was rather post-modernist in flavour. What I am certain of, is that
German
On Aug 11, 2008, at 3:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...What I am certain of, is that
German scholars, under the eye of colleagues from the Louvre and the
British Museum, would not assert that the claims of Herodotus about
sexual
practices in the middle east, are unsubstantiated, if they
CBurford:The Bible, both old and new testaments, (but not the Jewish
Talmud) supports that sectarian disrespect and justifies it in stories
of the underdog, needing protection from the monster
Oh please, Talmudic Judaism is as capable of sectarian disrespect as
any other religion.
CJ
I found some of the discussion at the link below about in what senses
Marx is a materialist interesting because they agree with what I was
earlier thinking (out loud) about the appeal of Marx to Althusser. The
structuralists were overall materialist and behaviourist but quickly
rejected most forms
Good to hear from you again Charles, and to read other members.
But it is difficult to keep up with more than one or two lists regularly.
The theme of my post was arguably connected, even though indirectly, with
other themes we have discussed.
In addition to what I noted below the exhibition in
On Aug 9, 2008, at 3:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing confirms the allegations of Heroditus about the sexual
practices
of Babylonia. He had political motives to denigrate an empire from the
middle east that had almost conquered Greece.
Herodotus reported what he saw and was told
The Persian punitive expedition had notable Greek allies, especially the
Thebans and Ephesians. The most successful Persian naval commander was a
Greek, Queen
Artemisia.
What treachery! But we all deep down know that the Greeks collectively
and heroically defended (to the last man if
I'm not sure if the late Mark Jones' discussion adds much to this, but
it does point an obsession with irrigation.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/10/131.html
Ancient Mesopotamia was to quite an extent a lot wetter than the
current-day Iraq, so no wonder some have said it was 'Eden'. Still,
Oops, that was sloppy. I should add that all that following the link
to the Jones article is my commentary, nothing from Jones's article. I
published only the link. Read it--the Jones article--it is more
interesting than my comments.
CJ
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The Asiatic mode of production has probably been discussed several times
on this list. If so apologies for missing it.
Yesterday I attended an exhibition in Berlin entitled Babylon, which
brings together the evidence often plundered, sometimes gathered, and
stored in the Louvre, the British
Hello , Chris, long time , old comrade !
Charles
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/2008 2:16 AM
The Asiatic mode of production has probably been discussed several
times
on this list. If so apologies for missing it.
Yesterday I attended an exhibition in Berlin entitled Babylon, which
brings together the
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