Accidental Gods On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

A provocative history of race, empire and myth, told through the stories of men who have been worshipped as gods - from Columbus to Prince Philip Spanning the globe and five centuries, Accidental Gods introduces us to a new pantheon: of man-gods, deified politicians and imperialists, militants, mystics and explorers. From the conquistadors setting foot in the New World to Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, elevated by a National Geographic article from emperor to messiah for the Rastafari faith, to the unlikely officers hailed as gods during the British Raj, this endlessly curious and revelatory account chronicles an impulse towards deification that persists even in a secular age, as show of defiance or assertion of power. In her bravura final part, Subin traces the colonial desire for divinity through to the creation of 'race' and the white power movement today, and argues that it is time we rid ourselves of the white gods among us.

ISBN:	9781783785018
Publisher:	Granta Publications
Imprint:	Granta Books
Published date:	13 Jan 2022
DEWEY:	202.130922
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	480
Weight:	724g
Height:	164mm
Width:	242mm
Spine width:	43mm

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