The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problem

This paper considers the problem of Assyriology development in the context of the general evolution of research on history. Assyriology has undergone the following several stages in its development: 1) middle 19th century – 1920s: collection, translation, and initial interpretation of data obtained...

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Main Authors: S.B. Krikh, A.A. Popova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Kazan Federal University 2017-12-01
Series:Učënye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Gumanitarnye Nauki
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Online Access:https://kpfu.ru/the-ideology-of-assyria-the-historiography-of-the_341815.html
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description This paper considers the problem of Assyriology development in the context of the general evolution of research on history. Assyriology has undergone the following several stages in its development: 1) middle 19th century – 1920s: collection, translation, and initial interpretation of data obtained during the archaeological expeditions; 2) 1930s – 1950s: creation of generalizing works, attempts to characterize the specificity of the state structure and royal power of Assyria; 3) late 1960s – early 21st century: the modern stage in Assyriology development, attempts to apply new approaches to the study of the history of Assyria. Based on how modern Assyriologists consider the problem of the ideology of Assyria, we tried to show that the newest theoretical and methodological approaches, such as the ones developed by R.J. Thompson, L.R. Siddall, B. Pongratz-Leisten, and M. Karlsson, are applied currently in the field of Assyriology. During the review of these monographs, the following conclusion has been made: the development of the methodological foundations of history research and their introduction into various spheres of historical knowledge, on the one hand, expanded the problematic field of Assyriology and allowed us to look at the archaeological sources from different perspective based on new data which were not earlier available to researchers. However, on the other hand, using the example of ideology, we have shown that researchers, due to differences in the applied approaches, see the problem of studying ideology and understand the basic terms in different ways. It leads to different results of research that cannot be combined within the framework of a single cognitive space.
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spelling doaj.art-a023dc831f864de095c2c621ad0ebe5e2023-07-07T11:31:51ZrusKazan Federal UniversityUčënye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Gumanitarnye Nauki2541-77382500-21712017-12-01159614321442The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problemS.B. Krikh0A.A. Popova1Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Omsk, 644077 RussiaDostoevsky Omsk State University, Omsk, 644077 RussiaThis paper considers the problem of Assyriology development in the context of the general evolution of research on history. Assyriology has undergone the following several stages in its development: 1) middle 19th century – 1920s: collection, translation, and initial interpretation of data obtained during the archaeological expeditions; 2) 1930s – 1950s: creation of generalizing works, attempts to characterize the specificity of the state structure and royal power of Assyria; 3) late 1960s – early 21st century: the modern stage in Assyriology development, attempts to apply new approaches to the study of the history of Assyria. Based on how modern Assyriologists consider the problem of the ideology of Assyria, we tried to show that the newest theoretical and methodological approaches, such as the ones developed by R.J. Thompson, L.R. Siddall, B. Pongratz-Leisten, and M. Karlsson, are applied currently in the field of Assyriology. During the review of these monographs, the following conclusion has been made: the development of the methodological foundations of history research and their introduction into various spheres of historical knowledge, on the one hand, expanded the problematic field of Assyriology and allowed us to look at the archaeological sources from different perspective based on new data which were not earlier available to researchers. However, on the other hand, using the example of ideology, we have shown that researchers, due to differences in the applied approaches, see the problem of studying ideology and understand the basic terms in different ways. It leads to different results of research that cannot be combined within the framework of a single cognitive space.https://kpfu.ru/the-ideology-of-assyria-the-historiography-of-the_341815.htmlassyriologyoriental studiesassyriaassyrian empireforeign historiographyideology
spellingShingle S.B. Krikh
A.A. Popova
The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problem
Učënye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta: Seriâ Gumanitarnye Nauki
assyriology
oriental studies
assyria
assyrian empire
foreign historiography
ideology
title The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problem
title_full The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problem
title_fullStr The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problem
title_full_unstemmed The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problem
title_short The ideology of Assyria: The historiography of the problem
title_sort ideology of assyria the historiography of the problem
topic assyriology
oriental studies
assyria
assyrian empire
foreign historiography
ideology
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