#1109 Stefanos Geroulanos: The Invention of Prehistory
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Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host, as always, Ricardo Lopes, and today I'm joined by Dr. Stefanus Girolanus. He is professor of European intellectual history at New York University, and today we're talking about his book, The Invention of Prehistory, Empire Violence and Our Obsession with Human Origin. So Dr.
Girolanus, welcome to the show. It's a huge pleasure to have you one. The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Lopez. Thank you.
So let me start by asking you then, when did we become interested in pre-history, at least in the West? So I I tend to think that this happens at at multiple stages, at different stops, if you will. There's a very clear moment in in the 18th century. I wouldn't even call it a moment, it's a gradual realization. And
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