The Atlantis Syndrome
by Jordan, PaulFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Trafalgar Square
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Summary
What is the truth behind this mythological super-civilization? Renowned anthropologist Jordan carefully unravels the whole Atlantis mythology, starting with its first reference, the works of Plato around 360 BC.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Plato's Unfinished Business | p. 8 |
| Plato's Purpose | p. 31 |
| New World, New Atlantis | p. 51 |
| Atlantis in the Atlantic | p. 80 |
| How do we Know? | p. 104 |
| Out of Africa | p. 121 |
| Into History | p. 142 |
| Atlantis above the Waves | p. 164 |
| The Icing on Atlantis | p. 181 |
| Atlantis by any other Name | p. 207 |
| Mirrors and Mirages | p. 235 |
| Mountains in Labour | p. 257 |
| Why? | p. 275 |
| Further Reading | p. 296 |
| Index | p. 299 |
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