Padilla Peralta, Dan-el. "[Re]constructing disciplines." Throughlines. www.throughlines.org/suite-content/re-constructing-disciplines. [Date accessed].

[Re]constructing disciplines

How has the field of classics aided in modern racialization and racism?

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Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Princeton University

What do we mean when we talk about classics or the classical? Dan-el Padilla Peralta deconstructs the history of the field of classics and its investment in hegemony, and how it carries with it an assignment of value. How do we, in the 21st century, relinquish ourselves from this long history of aesthetic sleight-of-hand?

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