Neil MacGregor Zitate

As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for centuries gone virtually unchallenged - indeed, for Edward Said, it was the beginning of Europe's long habit of misunderstanding and ill-informed contempt of the Middle East.

Neil MacGregor

Deutsche Übersetzung

Da die Perser sehr wenig über ihre Geschäfte schrieben, wurde die griechische Propaganda des 5. Jahrhunderts v.Chr. ist seit Jahrhunderten praktisch unangefochten - tatsächlich war es für Edward Said der Beginn der langen Gewohnheit Europas, Missverständnisse und schlecht informierte Verachtung des Nahen Ostens zu üben.

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