![]() ![]() The result is a multi-faceted textual kaleidoscope, in which a wide range of the many discourses surrounding contemporary science reflect and refract each other in fascinating array. In this latest book rather than construct his own historical narrative, Cremo opts for the far more interesting strategy of directly reproducing much of the source material from which any such narrative would be constructed. The ``impact'' the book documents is that of Cremo's earlier work, Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race, co-authored with Richard Thompson, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Institute in 1993. ![]() Inevitably, opinion varies as to whether these illuminate or merely exasperate, but as attempts to document the social process of knowledge production and capture something of its reflexivity, they are both consistent and courageous. Social constructionism, reflexivity, and all that is postmodern have inspired a variety of experiments in new literary forms to enliven the staid old world of the standard academic study. If ever we were, we are surprised no longer by unusual book formats. ![]()
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