Social history and historical method in the late old Babylonian period
In a recent review article D. Charpin purports to show that much of the analysis of social change undertaken in The Economic Role of the Crown in the Late Old Babylonian Period is fallacious. He criticizes the delineation of the functions of several officials and claims to introduce new data which i...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
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| Subtitles: | Brief Communications |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Oriental Society
[Apr. - Jun., 1982]
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Journal of the American Oriental Society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Babylonia
/ History 1900 BC-539 BC
B Social structure / Near East B Social history studies / Bureaucracy / Worker / Wool / Social service institution / Etymology |
| RelBib Classification: | TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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| Summary: | In a recent review article D. Charpin purports to show that much of the analysis of social change undertaken in The Economic Role of the Crown in the Late Old Babylonian Period is fallacious. He criticizes the delineation of the functions of several officials and claims to introduce new data which invalidate certain philological arguments. His criticism is shown to be without substance and his specific interpretations are refuted. Charpin's method of "reading" texts and his suggested course for reconstructing historical processes constitute a cul de sac and are tantamount to an assertion that Mesopotamian social organization differs from all other known human societies. His consequent belief in the sui generis status of Assyriology is deplored. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2289 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Oriental Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/602534 |