The Existential Threat of Academic Bias: The Institutionalization of Anti-Assyrian Rhetoric

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Publication Date

8-1-2022

Abstract

Epistemic violence, that is, violence exerted against or through knowledge, is probably one of the key elements in any process of domination. It is not only through the construction of exploitative economic links or the control of the politico-military apparatuses that domination is accomplished, but also and, I would argue, most importantly through the construction of epistemic frameworks that legitimise and enshrine those practices of domination.1

Volume

54

Issue

3

First Page

547

Last Page

553

DOI

10.1017/S0020743822000770

ISSN

00207438

E-ISSN

14716380

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