Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction I - Methodology, Contexts and Terminology II - Structure Chapter 2 - Setting the Scene: Anthropology, Linguistics and Romantic Hellenism in Victorian Britain I - The New Sciences of Anthropology and Language: A Historical Analysis II - The Context: Victorian (Germanic) Hellenism III - ‘Helleno-Aryanism’: A Late-Nineteenth Century Phenomenon IV - Conclusions Chapter 3 - The ‘Race-Culture’ Debate: 1900s–1930s I - Institutional and Historical Backgrounds II - Differentiating between ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’: A Critical Response to the Concept of the ‘Aryan Race’ III - The Rationalization of ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’ IV - Synthesizing ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’: ‘Neither Race Purely nor Culture Merely’ V - ‘Race’ and ‘Culture’: An Analytical Overview VI - Conclusions Chapter 4 - The ‘Diffusionism v. Evolutionism’ Theoretical Debate, Gordon Childe and the Prehistory of Europe I - Configuration of Cultures: A Historical Background II – A Bibliographical Survey a) The First Two Editions of The Dawn of the European Prehistory: A Comparative Analysis b) The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origin III – Analysis IV- Conclusions Chapter 5 - Hellenisms Reassessed (1890s-1940s): Part I I - Mainstream Hellenism: 1890s-1940s II - The Works of John Linton Myres: Going Against the Grain? a) The Early Years: 1900s-1910s b) The Formative Years: 1920-1930 c) The Mature Years: 1930s III - Analysis IV - How to Proceed in Part II Chapter 6 - Hellenisms Reassessed (1890s–1940s): Part II I - Myres and History II - Myres and Science III - Aesthetic Hellenism: A Philosophical Treatment IV- Myres’ Overarching Intellectual Template: An Analytical Audit V - Conclusions Chapter 7 - Hellenisms and the Historiography of Ancient Persia I - Achaemenid Persia: A Historiographical Survey a) Doublethink Downplayed b) Doublethink in a State of Irresolution c) Doublethink Moving Towards Resolution d) No Doublethink II - Analysis a) Spatial Terms b) Political Terms III - Conclusions Chapter 8 - Concluding Remarks Postscript Glossary Bibliography

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About the Author

Sasan Samiei completed his PhD in Iranian History at University College London, UK, and also holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, UK.