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Martin Gardiner Bernal (/ b ər ˈ n ɑː l /; 10 March 1937 – 9 June 2013) was a British scholar of modern Chinese political history. He was a Professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University.
Martin Bernal, whose three-volume work “Black Athena” ignited an academic debate by arguing that the African and Semitic lineage of Western civilization had been scrubbed from the record of...
Black Athena. The three-volume, pseudoarchaeological Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, published in 1987 (vol. 1), 1991 (vol. 2), and 2006 (vol. 3) respectively, is a controversial book by Martin Bernal proposing an alternative hypothesis on the origins of ancient Greece and classical civilisation.
- Minas Savvas, Martin Bernal
- 1987
Aug 5, 2010 · In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization.
Jun 14, 2013 · Martin Bernal was a professor of government and Near Eastern studies at Cornell who wrote a controversial trilogy on the origins of classical civilization. He argued that Egypt, not Greece, was the root of ancient culture and received honors and criticism for his work.
Among his most influential works are The Social Function of Science (1939) and Science in History (1965). His son, Martin Bernal, is famous in Afrocentrism circles for his controversial book Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, 2 vol. (1987–91). Alexei Kojevnikov.
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Jun 24, 2013 · A tribute to Martin Bernal, a scholar who challenged European cultural arrogance and argued for the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization. Learn about his life, work, and legacy in this commentary by Herb Boyd.
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