Images of Savages: Ancient Roots of Modern Prejudice in Western Culture

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In Images of Savages, the distinguished psychologist Gustav Jahoda advances the provocative thesis that racism and the perpetual alienation of a racialized 'other' are a central leagacy of the Western tradition. Finding the roots of these demonizations deep in the myth and traditions of classical antiquity, he examines how the monstrous humanoid creatures of ancient myth and the fabulous wild men of the medieval European woods shaped early modern...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415188555

ISBN13:9780415188555

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:Routledge

Length:318 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Age Range:9 years and up

Grade Range:Grade 4 and higher

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