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    Civilization or barbarism : an authentic anthropology / Cheikh Anta Diop ; translated from the French by Yaa-Lengi Meema Ngemi ; edited by Harold J. Salemson and Marjolijn de Jager.

    By: Diop, Cheikh AntaContributor(s): Salemson, Harold J | De Jager, MarjolijnMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Lawrence Hill Books, c1991Description: xxi, 440 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 1556520492; 9781556520495; 1556520484 (pbk.); 9781556520488 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Civilisation ou barbarie. English Subject(s): Africa -- Civilization | Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.CDDC classification: 960 LOC classification: DT14 | .D5613 1990Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
    Contents:
    Prehistory : race and history : origin of humanity and racial differentiation -- Critical review of the most recent theses on the origin of humanity -- The myth of Atlantis restored to historical science through radiocarbon analysis -- Latest discoveries on the origin of Egyptian civilization -- Clanic and tribal organization -- Structure of kinship at the clanic and tribal stage -- Race and social classes -- Birth of the different types of states -- Revolutions in history : causes and conditions for success and failure -- The different revolutions in history -- Revolution in the Greek city-states : comparison with AMP states -- Characteristics of political and social African structures and their effect on historical movement -- Critical review of the latest theses on the AMP -- How to define cultural identity? -- Toward a method for an approach to intercultural relations -- Africa's contribution : sciences -- Does an African philosophy exist? -- Greek vocabulary of black-African origin.
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    Translation of: Civilisation ou barbarie.

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-421) and index.

    Prehistory : race and history : origin of humanity and racial differentiation -- Critical review of the most recent theses on the origin of humanity -- The myth of Atlantis restored to historical science through radiocarbon analysis -- Latest discoveries on the origin of Egyptian civilization -- Clanic and tribal organization -- Structure of kinship at the clanic and tribal stage -- Race and social classes -- Birth of the different types of states -- Revolutions in history : causes and conditions for success and failure -- The different revolutions in history -- Revolution in the Greek city-states : comparison with AMP states -- Characteristics of political and social African structures and their effect on historical movement -- Critical review of the latest theses on the AMP -- How to define cultural identity? -- Toward a method for an approach to intercultural relations -- Africa's contribution : sciences -- Does an African philosophy exist? -- Greek vocabulary of black-African origin.

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