Philology and the Appropriation of the World

Markus Messling is full professor of Romance Literature and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University, Germany. He has published on French and Francophone literature and cultural philosophy (18th–21st century), the epistemology and history of philology, historical anthropology and the problem of universalism.

• 1. Other Narratives of a Grand History.- 2. Philology and Nationalism.- 3. Knowledge and Method: The Parisian Legacy.- 4. Civilisational Genealogies: Where Does Europe Come from?.- 5. Scientific Recognition: Showdown in Rome.- 6. History of Materials: Predatory Exploitation on the Nile and the Idea of Protecting Cultural Goods.- 7. Note to the Attention of the Viceroy for the Conservation of the Monuments of Egypt.