A hyper-diffusionist theory is one that proposes that the greatest cultural achievements of one ancient civilization can be traced to another, higher civilization whose ideas were transmitted as a result of voyages or other forms of "diffusion" not recognized by mainstream scholars (usually because they never happened). . . . . . . This is a medieval way of thinking. Belief in hidden correspondences was almost universal before the Enlightenment, and it went hand in hand with a pre-modern methodology: first you decide what you believe, then you find the evidence, brushing aside anything that doesn't fit.
from Damian Thompson's "Counterknowledge"
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment