Strangers in our midst : xenophobia and integration

Abstract: To the uninitiated, ancient Egyptian representations of foreigners seem to indicate a paradox. The Egyptian public record of religious texts, temple and tomb inscriptions, border stelae and images portrays foreigners unfavorably, and does so in standardized scenes. These scenes usually...

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Autor principal: Flammini, Roxana
Formato: Parte de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Kehrer Heidelberg Berlin 2022
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DISCRIMINACION
INMIGRACION
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO EGIPTO
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/15620
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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topic DISCRIMINACION
INMIGRACION
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO EGIPTO
spellingShingle DISCRIMINACION
INMIGRACION
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO EGIPTO
Flammini, Roxana
Strangers in our midst : xenophobia and integration
topic_facet DISCRIMINACION
INMIGRACION
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO EGIPTO
description Abstract: To the uninitiated, ancient Egyptian representations of foreigners seem to indicate a paradox. The Egyptian public record of religious texts, temple and tomb inscriptions, border stelae and images portrays foreigners unfavorably, and does so in standardized scenes. These scenes usually show foreigners being humiliated, subjugated, slain, or meekly paying homage and tribute to the king.1 Invariably, the foreigners in these depictions were stock characters — identified as foreigners by their skin color and garb, but never portrayed as individuals per se. Such dehumanization, presented consistently over millennia, was not only an outgrowth of, but the intent behind portrayals of foreigners. Official doctrine regarded foreigners, at best, as necessary evils, and at worst as inherently deleterious forces, to be kept at bay by any means necessary. But above all, foreigners outside Egypt were symbols. Smiting scenes were a staple dating back to the pre-Dynastic era (before 3000 BCE), which showed only a narrow range of variability through time. The ancient Egyptians drew no distinction between the sacred and the profane, and viewed their king not as a human ruler “by divine right,” but as an embodied god (a Horus during his lifetime and an Osiris in the afterlife). By extension, he embodied the link between the human and divine realms. Thus, state ideology and state religion were inextricably intertwined.
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title Strangers in our midst : xenophobia and integration
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title_full Strangers in our midst : xenophobia and integration
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title_full_unstemmed Strangers in our midst : xenophobia and integration
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