Editorial: Oxford University Press
Número de páginas: 568 págs. 15.0 x 23.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 12-05-2023
EAN: 9780197506479
ISBN: 978-0-19-750647-9
Precio (sin IVA): 108,31 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 112,64 €
This book describes how, beginning in the late eighteenth century, Europeans began a quest for a supposed original homeland, from which a small conquering people would one day spread out, bringing their language to Europe and parts of Asia (India, Iran, Afghanistan). This quest was often closely tied to ideological preoccupations and it was in its name that the Nazi leadership, claiming for the Germans the status of the purest Indo-Europeans (or Aryans), waged genocide. The last part of the book summarizes the current state of knowledge and current hypotheses in the fields of linguistics, archaeology, comparative mythology, and genetics.