Resumo
Este artigo examina o projeto Atena Negra de Martin Bernal e seu desafio ao tradicional "Modelo Ariano" de origens gregas. Bernal postula que as influências afro-asiáticas (egípcias e levantinas) desempenharam um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento da língua, mitologia e filosofia gregas. Baseando-se em evidências linguísticas, arqueológicas e mitológicas, Bernal argumenta que os estudos clássicos modernos foram moldados por ideologias coloniais eurocêntricas que deliberadamente apagaram contribuições não europeias à civilização grega. Este estudo avalia os argumentos centrais de Atena Negra, as principais críticas dos campos da filologia, história e arqueologia, e as implicações ideológicas e metodológicas mais amplas para a historiografia e os estudos pós-coloniais.
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