The Atlantis syndrome / Paul Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Paul, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atlantis (Legendary place).

Physical Description:

308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : Sutton, 2001.

Summary:

Atlantis: fact or fiction? What is the truth behind this mythological super-civilization? Renowned anthropologist Jordan carefully unravels the whole Atlantis mythology, starting with its first reference, in the works of Plato around 360 B.C. He then follows the evolution of the idea through classical times and the Middle Ages. Jordan lays out the key elements of what he calls the "Atlantis syndrome" -- a quasi-religious faith in a lost paradise of wise and powerful supermen who succumbed almost entirely to a catastrophe that left their remnants to scatter themselves. Jordan sets the record straight and clearly shows that there is no geological or archaeological evidence of a lost island like Atlantis. He also supplies an answer to the question: If Atlantis never existed what really happened in the past to generate the myth?

ISBN:

0750925973

OCLC:

47119254