http://alex.golub.name/log/2006/02/14/heroic-history-on-the-australian-frontier/ Just. One. Column. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://alex.golub.name/log/2006/02/14/heroic-history-on-the-australian-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-32392 harshalwalke Sat, 15 Apr 2006 06:35:58 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/2006/02/14/heroic-history-on-the-australian-frontier/#comment-32392 Mesopotamia, which developed the first writing in the world to support the first bureaucracy in the world, was always more or less patrimonial too (a point I’m emphasizing for my Media and Power class by having them read “T Mesopotamia, which developed the first writing in the world to support the first bureaucracy in the world, was always more or less patrimonial too (a point I’m emphasizing for my Media and Power class by having them read “T

]]> http://alex.golub.name/log/2006/02/14/heroic-history-on-the-australian-frontier/comment-page-1/#comment-31046 Dr. Sanders Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:51:02 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/2006/02/14/heroic-history-on-the-australian-frontier/#comment-31046 It's interesting that a number of histories seem to work this way. Ancient Mesopotamia, which developed the first writing in the world to support the first bureaucracy in the world, was always more or less patrimonial too (a point I'm emphasizing for my Media and Power class by having them read "The Forlorn Scholar" (State Archives of Assyria X:294), an obsequious harangue from a 7th-century BCE palace functionary which makes clear that multiple layers of bureacrats and intellectuals owed allegiance directly to the king of the Assyrian empire. Though of course Weber already talks about this... It’s interesting that a number of histories seem to work this way. Ancient Mesopotamia, which developed the first writing in the world to support the first bureaucracy in the world, was always more or less patrimonial too (a point I’m emphasizing for my Media and Power class by having them read “The Forlorn Scholar” (State Archives of Assyria X:294), an obsequious harangue from a 7th-century BCE palace functionary which makes clear that multiple layers of bureacrats and intellectuals owed allegiance directly to the king of the Assyrian empire. Though of course Weber already talks about this…

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