Not out of Africa : (Record no. 25855)
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 95049109 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0465098371 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | f------ |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | AJMA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DT14 |
| Item number | .L44 1996 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 960.07 Lef |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 960.07 Lef |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lefkowitz, Mary R. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Not out of Africa : |
| Remainder of title | how Afrocentrism became an excuse to teach myth as history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Mary Lefkowitz. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | BasicBooks, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 222 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., map ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "A New Republic book." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-213) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- Myths of African origins -- Ancient myths of cultural dependency -- The myth of the Egyptian mystery system -- The myth of the stolen legacy -- Conclusion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic civilization to the Africans? Hardly a week goes by when an article does not appear in a newspaper or magazine by an Afrocentrist writer making such allegations. But so far, no one has responded fully to these Afrocentrist claims or explained why these strange ideas are being circulated, and indeed taught, in American schools and universities. Not out of Africa is the first book to refute these spurious claims. Mary Lefkowitz examines the ancient evidence and shows how it was misunderstood both in antiquity and in modern time. She explains how we know that Socrates and Cleopatra were Greeks and that Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers did not steal their ideas from Egyptian sources. Lefkowitz, a distinguished classicist, demonstrates that there has been no modern conspiracy among scholars to conceal the debt of Greece to Egypt and that some of the misconceptions arise form the ancient Greeks' own misunderstanding of Egyptian religions. Not out of Africa explains why revisionist histories of the ancient world are being written now - and perhaps always will be. Modern Afrocentric writers are following a long-established pattern in which peoples, particularly if they regard themselves as having been deprived of a history, seem keen to acquire a glorious past. Lefkowitz explains how the notion that Greek religion and philosophy were derived from Egypt was preserved in the ritual and mythology of Freemasonry, and how extreme Afrocentrists came to allege that what they supposed to be an Egyptian legacy was not just borrowed but actually stolen by the ancient Greeks. This book will be of interest to everyone who cares about the ancient world and its traditions, and to all who believe that our civilization has preserved some of the Greeks' best traditions, such as democratic government, freedom of speech, learning, and discussion. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 69239 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Afrocentrism |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Africa |
| General subdivision | History |
| -- | Study and teaching |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 13.27 | 1 | 960.07 Lef | 69239 | 2009-06-12 | 2009-06-11 |